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Ron DeSantis: “That was not the intention of the 14th Amendment.”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Podcast Ep 2

Published | Video Starts at 28:48

Well, you have a two year old kid maybe that has nominal US Citizenship. Do they go back with the. I mean it just creates a whole bunch of. That was not the intention of the 14th Amendment. But I think that that case that you're referring to, because I'm sort of familiar with that case, actually overturned longstanding Supreme Court precedent that I think there was a ruling in, I want to say 1887, 10 years after the Constitution was signed. (28:48–28:51)

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Asserts that the 14th Amendment was not intended to grant citizenship to children of illegal immigrants.

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