Republican or Democrat I think this would help due to all of the people already out of work in the USA, why add more to the numbers in the future. If they want to become legal citizens that is different. Quit sponging off of me and my tax dollars (which I am one of the unemployed by the way, but have worked since 1975.) It was meant to grant citizenship to the children of freed slaves not to for those who just want to keep having babies to get more money!

I would totally support this as long as it is made retroactive. Anyone who has an ancestor who was the child of an illegal alien should loose their citizenship along with all the descendants of that person. I figure this could solve all our problems by seriously reducing the population of the country and relieve the Social Security system of it's burdens, reduce tax inflow to the Federal government & reduce the size of the government. Everything the Republicans want.

In cases where there was no formal immigration process at the time, those people would be declared illegal because they did not go through formal channels.

I just find it awesome that the teabaggers who rode into office by swearing that they were strict constitutionalists are now leading the charge against that same constitution! It makes me wonder how long it's going to be before the hapless sheep who allowed FoxNews to take control of Congress wake up and realize they've been had. Somewhere, someone needs to set up a pool, where we can agree upon some benchmarks for said awakening and post our guesses as to when they will be reached. Should be fun!

There a little thing called the 14th Amendment, Section 1 in the way of legislating this. It is patently unconstitutional without repealing or altering the 14th Amendment with another constitutional amendment. Are these guys dummies or just grandstanders?

OMG! The Republicans are sending me back to Norway. Since Norway ranks number 1 in ideal places to live, they will do me a favor. Finally they did something right, at least for me.

Republicans’ Bulldozer policy….demolish..demolish..this is the way their brain function….no money for NPR, eliminate the ethic commissioner , no unemployment benefit, no social security no equal payment for women and more no no..no. Great legislators full of dis-creativity,

Tom Hickey: The new Tea Bagger winners are mostly dummies
Most of Republicans are grandstanders.

They also use a form of Rolodex to throw out bits of nonsense in it, until something eventually sticks.

This week it is this nonsense about "adult conversations" of which they seem totally incapable of any such thing. If you don't agree with them they either change the subject or throw around invectives.

Lately I have been accused of having no intelligence, of bragging about my intelligence, of using long words (over 3 syllables?), of being jealous of all employed people, and even of being French (from a Canadian, but shows how lame racism and bigotry is). They never say anything past this surface stuff. Maybe we shouldn't worry, by a couple generations, they won't even be able to communicate with each other using alphabets. Or be able to read.

"While opponents say King's bill would clearly be unconstitutional, backers say the 14th Amendment would not apply. The amendment states that anyone born in the United States and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" is a citizen."

Does it really matter? "Corporate free speech" and "corporate personhood" as concepts were both dragged straight out of thin air. The bush 1 and 2 band of 5 have special custom rolls of toilet paper in their restrooms, both at home and in the courthouse, printed with the constituion.

This is just political grandstanding by the Republicans. It would take a constitutional ammendment to change the law. Even if they manage to pass a law in the House, it wouldn't pass the Senate and even if it passed the Senate, the President would veto it.

I live in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains in Northern California (referred to as God's Country). I am represented in Congress (represented is not accurate) by a Carpetbagging individual who two years after election STILL DOES NOT LIVE IN THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT!

Of course, that would be Tom McClintock!!!

Thanks in large part to a district drawn to keep the Republicans in office and millions in out of district (and out of State) money, this horrible injustice will continue until those who are hurt by far right wing policies and goals rise up and work together to rightfully elect somebody who actually lives here.

God save us (I think that is the way to close this post).

No, YOU, working with feet on the ground, can save us.

Thanks in advance.