Posted on December 28, 2010

AZ State Sen. Battles CNN Reporter On Constitutionality Of Illegal Immigration

Epic, to say the least. CNN reporter/anchor Jessica Yellin was certainly not ready for Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce's (R) extensive knowledge of the constitution and Supreme Court rulings to support his position against illegal immigration.



Yellin started by quoting the Constitution to support birthright citizenship (the 14th Amendment), however Senator Pearce easily rebutted her claims with several Supreme Court cases that beg to differ.



"We're talking about children who were born here and didn't themselves break the law, they came here through no fault of their own," CNN's Yellin argued.



"That doesn't matter. You still broke the law. It was never intended to be used that way. So again, lets go back to original intent. It's a violation of the constitution," Sen. Pearce responded.



"That's the myth that keeps being purported by the open-border Arizona Republic, whose never seen an illegal alien they didn't like," Pearce said in response to the newspaper's concern that this will take focus away from the state's budget shortfall.



Sen. Russell Pearce is the author of SB1070, which was the Arizona bill that enraged people this summer. Pearce will now offer legislation that will end birthright citizenship.