James Anaya
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James Anaya is Regents Professor at the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law, and United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples.

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Parents, Children, and Citizenship by Birth

Posted August 19, 2010 | 03:29:20 (EST)

Under the Fourteenth Amendment, children born in the United States are citizens, even if their parents are not. Inspired by Arizona's new (and partially suspended) law regulating unauthorized immigration, Senators Mitch McConnell, John Kyl, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Representative John Boehner, and other Republican leaders have proposed considering amending the...

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