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by jpitzo 4291 days ago
> somehow have the 'right' to citizenship

The 14th amendment makes it pretty clear that (with very rare exception) anyone born on US soil is born a US citizen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_in_the_United_State...

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LOL, most of the nativists are still itching to re-fight the war that got us the 13th / 14th / 15th, so citing those won't convince them...
I believe he's referring to this part of the immigration regime: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_A...
Fairly sure grandparent meant children who were also brought here illegally