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Wesley Hunt: “The citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment was never meant…”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

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Published | Video Starts at 01:39

People bled for it, people died for it. And it means something. The purpose of the 14th Amendment, that President Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order is that The citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment was never meant to apply to children of illegal or legal aliens. Allowing birthright citizenship to stay in place dilutes the citizenship of not just black Americans like me, but every single American citizen. They had to earn it the right way. (01:39–01:46)

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Asserts that the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause was not intended for children of illegal or legal aliens.

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