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JHB

(37,557 posts) Thu Jan 23, 2025, 05:02 PM Jan 23

Idle question (I hope): if he can muster enough backing for taking away birthright citizenship (while he's in charge)...

(as in, even if courts reject it, what happens if his goons do not cease and desist, enforcing it de facto even though it is explicitly illegal de jure), how might this affect Puerto Ricans, who have been US citizens since 1917?

Plenty of MAGAts don't know that last bit, and it would be no surprise to find out that he doesn't either.

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Idle question (I hope): if he can muster enough backing for taking away birthright citizenship (while he's in charge)... (Original Post) JHB Jan 23 OP

Not just Puerto Rico VMA131Marine Jan 23 #1

Yes, but Puerto Rico is the big one, and the ones his guys spent the most time openly disparaging JHB Jan 23 #2

And Puerto Ricans are latinos, and we all know he hate latinos. ShazzieB Jan 24 #3

He would need a Constitutional Amendment. Happy Hoosier Jan 24 #4