This week, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) proposed legislation that would prohibit the children of illegal immigrants, foreign terrorists, and foreign spies from receiving birthright citizenship. Cotton argued that such laws have been taken advantage of by illegal aliens.
“Criminals and terrorists have no right to take advantage of our citizenship laws for their own gain. This bill will protect United States citizenship and ensure it cannot be given under false pretenses,” Cotton told Breitbart News.
The Arkansas Republican is seeking to amend Section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to “Clarify that a “person born in the United States shall not be considered subject to jurisdiction of the United States in the person of alien parents who are — … unlawfully present in the United States (illegal aliens) … present in the United States for diplomatic purposes … engaged in a hostile occupation of, or a hostile operation in, the United States.”
Throughout Biden’s presidency, estimates show that millions of illegal immigrants have poured over the southern border into the United States. Forecasts suggest that the current Biden administration could see over 10 million migrant encounters at the U.S. border by the end of 2024.
Cotton recently gave an interview to Fox News where he sounded off on the Biden administration for perpetually allowing the border crisis throughout his presidency. Additionally, he slammed the recent executive order Biden issued, suggesting the problem should have been addressed long ago.
The senator said, “This plan is a joke. I would say it’s like closing the barn door after the horses are already out, because four years ago, Joe Biden invited migrants from all across the third world to come to America, and if they could get here, they could stay but it’s not even closing the barn door. Joe Biden is now saying to the cartels and to potential terrorists that as long as there’s not more than 75,000 illegal aliens crossing our border a month, then you’re still welcome to come.”
Cotton further suggested that the sudden change in Biden’s border policy in the past few months is the product of his struggling poll numbers as many Americans are frustrated with out-of-control illegal immigration.
He continued, “The only acceptable number of illegal immigrants crossing our border at any period is zero, and conveniently, Joe Biden has just discovered the error of his ways and new powers five months before an election. This is not about the only crisis this is designed to address is not the crisis at the border, but the crisis of Joe Biden’s polling numbers versus Donald Trump.”
With a reported heightened risk of terrorism amid the unsecured border, Cotton illustrated that Biden could finally be taking executive action on the border to “get ahead” of any potential threat that could arise. Watch Cotton’s interview below:
“Part of the reason he’s issuing this order today, I suspect, is to get ahead of any potential terrorist attack against American citizens over the next five months, if it happens as a result of his open border. That’s why we have to close the border, immediately. That’s what we had when President Trump was in office. That’s what we will have, and when he’s back in office,” he asserted.
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