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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (1343)	10/31/2018 5:55:13 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	1 Recommendation Recommended By ggersh Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13801

Trump has has two years to end birthright citizenship as he promised during his campaign, with control of both houses of Congress. But a Trump promise is always empty. Republicans have refused to address this issue, even though they could have easily passed the initial Constitutional Amendment. Why? Because Republicans have always strongly supported uncontrolled immigration into the United States to help keep wages low. Republicans had two years to pass what ever they wanted, . . . . and all they wanted was . . . reduced tax rates for the top 1% of taxpayers and . . . big cuts to the Medicare program for the elderly. Mission accomplished.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (1343)	11/11/2018 12:04:58 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 13801

Britain and Germany considering enlisting foreigners in their armies. Recruiting foreign folk who have never lived within the country’s borders is unusual, says Jack Watling of rusi, a defence think-tank. Other European countries seeking to bolster their ranks are turning to conscription, which has been reintroduced in Sweden and Lithuania amid heightening tensions with Russia. Some countries recruit foreigners directly from overseas, but they are usually put in segregated units like France’s Foreign Legion. In Britain they will join mainstream ones, with squaddies from Scunthorpe fighting alongside farmhands fresh from Fiji. he idea may yet catch on elsewhere. Facing similar shortages, Germany is weighing up whether to offer citizenship in return for military service to people from elsewhere in the European Union. But it could also arouse post-colonial prickliness. Commonwealth governments may resent their citizens joining a foreign army, especially if they start seeing their best soldiers leave to seek better pay, says Paul Schulte, a former official at the mod. https://www.economist.com/britain/2018/11/08/britains-forces-call-on-women-and-foreigners-to-ease-troop-shortages?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/britainsforcescallonwomenandforeignerstoeasetroopshortagesyourcountryneedssomeone