Well, GOP Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona actually didn't support a full repeal of the 14th Amendment, just a reworking of citizenship laws to strip citizenship from the children of illegal immigrants. That latter notion is starting to pick up steam in some Republican circles and if they must do it (ick) then I hope they leave it at that, because a full repeal of the 14th Amendment?
Pass on that. Due Process and Equal Protection are things I happen to like- we can debate the ins and outs of citizenship at a later date, but I do hope the Republicans note the delicious irony in all this kerfuffle over illegal immigration, as the last major amnesty for illegals happened on the watch of none other than President Ronald Reagen.
As the silly season (also know as the electoral campaign season) gets underway, I'll try and unpack the issue of immigration a bit more, but I'm pretty sure laws aren't going to solve this problem. If you want to put blame where it's due, let's slap the massively inefficient federal bureaucracy that's supposedly protecting our borders. Paper pushers with bajillions of forms aren't getting the job done. It's time for the government to start slicing and dicing the bureaucratic fat until we can get something that actually works.
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