Marco Rubio sticks by support for birthright citizenship

Published August 23, 2015 4:01am ET



Sen. Marco Rubio isn’t jumping on Donald Trump’s birthright bandwagon.

The Florida Republican, a leading presidential candidate, told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly on Thursday that he opposes repealing birthright citizenship. Doing so, by constitutional amendment if necessary, is a key plank of GOP 2016 contender Trump’s immigration policy proposal.

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