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CNMI delegate says citizenship bill is an ideological push by GOP’s extreme wing
CAPITOL: The U.S. Capitol, where H.R. 9724, the End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act, remains pending before House committees. Photo courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol
Del. Kimberlyn King-Hinds, R-CNMI, says legislation that would end automatic citizenship for children born in Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has little chance of moving this session and reflects the views of a narrow faction within her own party rather than House leadership.
In an interview with The Guam Daily Post on Wednesday, King-Hinds said the 119th Congress has few working days left before adjourning and that Republican leaders have shown no interest in advancing H.R. 9724, the End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act.
“I have it on good authority that this is not high on the leadership’s agenda,” King-Hinds said, describing the measure as “an ideological push by certain people on the most extreme side of the party.” She added,