GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Friday he would deport the children of undocumented immigrants with their families, despite them already being U.S. citizens.

“There are legally contested questions under the 14th Amendment of whether the child of an illegal immigrant is indeed a child who enjoys birthright citizenship or not,” Ramaswamy said after a town hall in Iowa.

Ramaswamy is not the only GOP candidate to question U.S. citizenship rules. Former President Trump announced in late May that on his first day back in office, he would seek to end birthright citizenship by way of an executive order.

  • @[email protected]
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    942 years ago

    An immigrant, in a country of immigrants, deciding he doesn’t like those that came after… 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @AA5B
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      262 years ago

      In the “Law and Order” party, but thinks you can override the Constitution by executive order

      • @[email protected]
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        2 years ago

        They are also strict constitutionalists except all the places they are strictly not.

    • @captainlezbian
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      152 years ago

      Nah he isn’t an immigrant, he’s all ours. His parents are immigrants though. He’s as American as chili on spaghetti.

      • @SuddenlyBlowGreen
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        62 years ago

        Nah he isn’t an immigrant, he’s all ours. His parents are immigrants though.

        So he’s trying to get rid of the way of getting citizenship as he got his?

        • @captainlezbian
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          22 years ago

          I think his parents are naturalized, so no

    • @doublejay1999
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      102 years ago

      A truly spoilt bastard. Pulling up the ladder.

    • @[email protected]
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      72 years ago

      He’s a pawn getting paid to throw his own kind under the bus. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a actual deal made for him to run as the token immigrant, with specific dollar amounts.