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Tony Wied: “If you're an illegal alien and you have a child here, you…”

Featuring: Tony Wied, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Capitol Conversations | Rep. Tony Wied (R-WI)

Published | Video Starts at 15:52

Would you support absolutely eliminating birthright citizenship or do you think that certain limits would be doable and allow birthright citizenship for, you know, children of US Citizens, let's say. Well, look, I mean, If you're an illegal alien and you have a child here, you should not. They should not be a citizen. They're, they're not citizens of our country. If you are a citizen, of course they, you know, that, that, that makes sense. So, yeah, I'm absolutely for eliminating. (15:52–15:58)

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Asserts that children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens should not be granted citizenship.

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