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Ted Cruz: “Birthright citizenship is terrible policy.”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Ted Cruz's Controversial Stance on Birthright Citizenship and Constitutional Interpretation

Published | Video Starts at 01:03

It is right now. Sorry, I think we cut off the beginning of that part of the argument is here. That is the absolute heart of the argument. And I think birth, Birthright citizenship is terrible policy. It is right now current US Law before the Trump executive order, that if an illegal alien is here and she gives birth to a child, that baby is instantaneously a US Citizen. (01:03–01:07)

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