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COMMENTS:
* You know that things are bad when Bill O'Reilly is the voice of reason.
* Trump needs to stop building castles in the air. Any child born on USA soil is a citizen, regardless of his or her parents status, because they are subject to state and federal jurisdiction once they set foot on American soil, with the exception of Ambassadors children, who don't fall under State and foreign jurisdiction because they have diplomatic immunity, even law enforcement can't prosecute, interrogate or file charges against them, unless the country whose interest they are representing here grants the waivers.
* Trump is a CEO of a corporation. He is also vulgar, loud, no class, thin skinned and does not take advice except maybe from lawyers for his bankruptcies. He has already said he gets his foreign experience and lots of information on other pressing issues from the Sunday and weekday political shows; LMAO how deep is that experience going to take him. As for the immigration thing, 14th amendment says the kids are citizens. Donnie boy is not going to be able to yell at a flunkie to change the law because he does not like it. Takes something like majority of Senate/House/POTUS plus 3/4 of the states to ratify a constitutional amendment and that can take YEARS. Plus rounding up, holding hearings, deportation of 11 MILLION people. And the best part is lots of organzations out there will take the US to court if they take parents away from citizens. One case I know of went on for 6 years and multiply that by 11 million. Okay then you say yank the kids from the parents another "bright" idea. Who is going to raise those kids? The welfare system? Foster parent programs all over are overwhelmed with kids now and you want to toss maybe about 11 million into the mix. I guess you love to spend taxpayer money on this instead of working out amnesty like Reagan did.
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Bill O'Reilly confronts Donald Trump: You can't 'deport people who have American citizenship'
By Colin Campbell, August 19, 2015
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly repeatedly challenged a key portion of Donald Trump's immigration agenda during an interview Tuesday night.
The real-estate magnate and Republican presidential candidate recently unveiled his multipart plan to clamp down on illegal immigration.
Among other things, Trump called for ending birthright citizenship, or the right of anyone born in the US to American citizenship.
As O'Reilly pointed out, however, the Constitution's 14th Amendment enshrines birthright citizenship into US law.
"That's not going to happen because the 14th Amendment says if you're born here, you're an American," O'Reilly said. "And you can't kick Americans out. The courts would block you at every turn. You must know all that."
Trump insisted that the Constitution did not grant citizenship to "anchor babies," a pejorative term used to describe the children of people who enter the country illegally with the purpose of having a son or daughter who would then be granted US citizenship.
"Bill, I think you're wrong about the 14th Amendment," Trump said. "And frankly, the whole thing with 'anchor babies' and the concept of 'anchor babies' — I don't think you're right about that."
O'Reilly was incredulous.
"I can quote it!" O'Reilly exclaimed. "You want me to quote you the amendment? If you're born here, you're an American — period! Period!"
The Fox host later added: "You are not going to be able to deport people who have American citizenship now. And the federal courts will never allow mass deportations without due process for each and every one. And do you envision federal police kicking in the doors in barrios around the country, dragging families out?"
But Trump, citing unnamed lawyers, held his ground on the citizenship issue.
"Bill, I don't think that they have American citizenship," he said. "And if you speak to some very, very good lawyers — and I know some would disagree, but many of them agree with me — you're going to find they do not have American citizenship. We have to start a process where we take back our country. Our country is going to hell."
For the record, the text of the amendment would seem to favor O'Reilly's interpretation in the dispute. It states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."
O'Reilly also asked Trump whether he would be interested in changing the language of the Constitution to comport with how he sees the citizenship issue.
"It's a long process, and I think it would take too long," Trump responded. "I'd much rather find out whether or not 'anchor babies' are actually citizens, because a lot of people don't think they are."
Trump has based much of his presidential campaign on his opposition to illegal immigration. His heated rhetoric on the issue — especially his accusation that the Mexican government is intentionally sending rapists into the US — touched off a national firestorm after he launched his campaign.
But the controversy has appeared to only fuel his White House bid. Trump has led in almost every recent poll of the Republican primary.
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