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Gingrey, Woodall seek to deny U.S. citizenship for children of illegal immigrants

A pair of Republican congressmen from Georgia is co-sponsoring legislation aimed at denying automatic birthright citizenship to the American-born children of illegal immigrants.

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Reps. Phil Gingrey, of Marietta, and Rob Woodall, of Lawrenceville, put their names on House Resolution 140, also called the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011.

The bill would require that a child born here also have at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen or national; a legal resident; or “an alien performing active service in the armed forces” in order to be considered a citizen. U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, filed the bill this week. Another co-sponsor is Rep. Gary Miller, R-Calif.

“Throughout my time in Congress, combating illegal immigration has always been a high priority of mine,” Gingrey said in a prepared statement. “Addressing the birthright citizenship issue needs to be at the forefront of this effort.”

Woodall said: “An important part of immigration reform must be removing the incentives that are in place encouraging illegal immigration. Representative King’s bill is a good step in that direction…”

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