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Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though.

You want to defend citizenship? Don't persecute or isolate those without papers. Just live like a citizen. That'd be a first-class way to be American.

You commit a felony, it does not matter who you are, you could be deported.

Is it unreasonable to have proof of citizenship when entering another country?

So you don't speak English, you have no ID, you can't tell where you're from... that's suspicion, it's lower than probable cause. And then we have a right to call immigration and check you out.

There should be a path to earned legal status for those that are here. Not - not amnesty - earned legal status, which means you pay a fine and do many things over an extended period of time.

When I got my law degree and my license to practice here in the District of Columbia, I represented several immigrants who had entered without inspection.

Becoming a resident of a state may confer the right to get a driver's license, but it does not and should not confer citizenship.

Nearly one-fifth of our fellow citizens are Latino. They are families who are impacted by our education system, by our economy, by our healthcare delivery, and by every policy we make here in Washington.

I have been pulled over, and I have actually worried, 'Is something going to happen to me even though I am a law abiding citizen?' That is a real fear and is something that we have to come to grips with.