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Experts: GOP Plan To Change Citizenship Rights Is 'Clearly Unconstitutional'

Ben Frumin | April 30, 2010, 12:53PM

Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. (R-CA) and the U.S. Constitution (inset)

Earlier this week, we told you about Rep. Duncan Hunter's (R-CA) support for deporting natural born American citizens whose parents are illegal immigrants. That position is based on a Republican proposal to stop granting citizenship rights to such children.

According to two constitutional law experts, that's "clearly unconstitutional."

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