Chambliss on citizenship by birthright

Sen. Saxby Chambliss' comments as reported by The Moultrie Observer:

As far as stemming the tide of citizenship by birthright, there isn’t much hope for momentum even now, he said, because some lawmakers believe they can gain politically from the current legal interpretation of the 14th Amendment.

“They line up in Arizona. Right on the border, there are ambulances sitting over there ready to run pregnant mothers across the border to have their children. That part of the system is very much abused. We tried to pass that in the House when I was over there years ago, and we never could get two-thirds of the House to for it,” he said.

No other country in the world allows such, he said. Where there had been such an ease of gaining citizenship, the laws eventually changed, he said, noting that in Hall County now, half the births in that county are to undocumented parents.

“There’s a feeling that we’re a country founded by immigrants, and it’s one thing that has made up strong. Which is true. My point always is that’s right, but these folks came in here illegally,” he said.