MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Latest on Wisconsin reaction to Trump call for ending birthright citizenship (all times local):
12:55 p.m.
Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says she disagrees with President Donald Trump’s call to end the constitutional right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born in the United States.
Baldwin’s Republican challenger Leah Vukmir left open the possibility of backing Trump on the issue.
Baldwin says in a statement that in disagreeing with Trump, “what we really need to do is fix our broken immigration system and strengthen our border through comprehensive immigration reform.”
Vukmir says that she supports birthright citizenship for people who are in the country legally. But Vukmir says, “illegal immigrants are taking advantage of America’s generosity, and I applaud President Trump’s courageous leadership to fix our immigration crisis.”
She does not say specifically whether she backs ending birthright citizenship.
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10:27 a.m.
Democratic candidate for governor Tony Evers opposes President Donald Trump’s call to end the constitutional right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born in the United States.
Evers is in a tight race with Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Walker’s campaign spokesmen did not immediately return emails seeking comment Tuesday on Trump’s proposal.
But when Walker was running for president in 2015 he appeared open to the idea of ending birthright citizenship. He told a reporter then that he would not want to deport children born in the U.S. to parents who were not citizens, but when asked if birthright citizenship should end Walker said, “Yeah.”
Days later, Walker said he had no position on birthright citizenship “one way or the other.”
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