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PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona Republicans introduced legislation on Thursday seeking to challenge the right to U.S. citizenship for children born in the state whose parents are illegal immigrants or other non-citizens.

via news.yahoo.com

This issue is back again in the news courtesy of the Republicans --- this time in Arizona.  Here's my post from August here.  Again, the anti-immigrant rhetoric is not going to get Republicans any votes with the fastest growing segment of our population.  Since the Republicans are looking at a future of losing at the polls in the future --- they need a game plan. 

What is the plan? -- Make the people who will matter more and more in the future, not matter at all by taking away the right to vote.  Ok let's reverse the 14th amendment of the constitution and not allow birthright citizenship.  Then, all the new babies that undocumented people and non-citizens produce -- are not citizens and therefore, not eligible to vote.  

Republicans position of dominance now preserved for decades to come. 

WASHINGTON – Leading Republicans are joining a push to reconsider the constitutional amendment that grants automatic citizenship to people born in the United States.

via news.yahoo.com

Things are getting more and more interesting here in the US. People who are against immigration reform, now are going after birthright citizenship.  The Republican party doesn't like the way the game is going (currently, not in their favor) -- so they now want change the rules of the game, to make sure they win.

The Republican party is losing it's base of support. Further, the current anti-immigrant rhetoric of the Republican party is not going to help the party recruit the growing Latino population to vote for them at the polls. As we know, the Latino population is growing exponentially.  See link. In fact, according to US census documents, Hispanics are projected to become 24.4 % of the population.  

So, rather than reverse the anti-immigrant rhetoric and perhaps embrace immigration reform, the GOP has decided to take a different tactic.  Render the Latinos unimportant, insignificant and irrelevant to the democratic process in this country.  By taking birthright citizenship, the GOP hopes do decrease the number of voting Latinos in the future.  Quick history lesson, at one time in this country, African Americans voted with the Republican Party because they were the party of Abraham Lincoln.  Remember the Emancipation Proclamation -- it freed the slaves.  As a result, former slaves voted Republican.  See the link.

If the Republicans get their way, children who are born here to undocumented parents (or parents who are not citizens) won't become US citizens -- AND won't have the right to vote. Particularly, won't have the right to vote AGAINST the GOP who appears to not like Latinos (or ANY immigrants for that matter).

Here is a link from 2009 from America's Voice about the Republican Party's problems.

Citizens -- this attack is focused on Latinos and immigrants today, but could be used against any of us in the future if we get in the Republican Party's way.