Birthright citizenship originates as an act of Congress

Last week (Aug. 27) the Free Press offered a Guest Editorial – an opinion – from a liberal newspaper in a union-dominated blue state failing three times (in four years) to defeat conservative Gov. Scott Walker.

The piece attempted to connect Walker to Donald Trump and immigration policies deemed “extreme, logistically and politically impossible,” while touting paths to citizenship for illegal aliens as “humane and smart.”

Holding a lawbreaker accountable for a crime is inhumane? It’s smart to reward lawbreakers with exactly what they broke the law to obtain? Really?

Pew Research (April 2015) f...