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Mike Lee: “States...have access to all kinds of information, birth…”

Featuring: Mike Lee, Republican | U.S. Senate from Utah

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Sen. Lee Stands for SAVE America Act: March 21st

Published | Video Starts at 00:12

And from that moment forward, the burden is off your shoulders. The burden is shifted to the state authorities whose job it is to confirm or refute your citizenship or lack thereof. States, remember, have States...have access to all kinds of information, birth certificates issued in that state. I believe many, if not most, if not all, states have reciprocal arrangements with other states where they can confirm, refute information on each other's databases about birth, death records and so forth. (00:12–44:07)

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