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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas Piyush (Bobby) Jindal said anything about Trump's deportation
of anchor babies? I would expect him to weigh in first.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)TlalocW
(15,383 posts)His Wikipedia bio doesn't seem to support that.
TlalocW
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)Wasn't he born to two U.S. citizens in Panama? That makes him the opposite of an anchor baby.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)There is no other definition. He is not an anchor baby.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)McCain is a Congressionally-mandated (rather than Constitutionally-mandated) US Citizen. I was simply trying to complicate things.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)Just for the laughs
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)KitSileya
(4,035 posts)He goes by Bobby, and we should be better than repukes who keep using names an individual no longer goes by. How are we to have the moral high ground concerning Chelsea Manning, Barack Obama et al if we stoop to their level?
I am a high school teacher, and I always try to respect my students' choice of name. Their birth name was given them before they were aware, and some hate theirs and prefer nicknames, or differently gendered names, yet they are too young to change them themselves. To respect individual choice is a core democratic principle, and I try to follow it.
I'm glad I am not the only one who feels this way.
I would say more, but...
UTUSN
(70,700 posts)alarimer
(16,245 posts)to end birthright citizenship for children of ILLEGAL immigrants. His parents both had green cards, so it wouldn't apply to him, by that logic.
I don't know how to embed a tweet here.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)Donald Trump's getting deported?
Awesome!
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)and Jeb Bush as John Ellis otherwise you might come across as a little xenophobic. Me I always call Chuck Norris, Carlos so maybe I complain too much