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“Well, ain’t this just a bucket of cute?” Juanita has turned on the sarcasm hose this morning.

On Sunday, Sen. John Kyl (R-Ariz.) became the highest-ranking Republican to call for the repeal of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Appearing on CBS’ Face the Nation, Kyl said that he opposes allowing children of undocumented immigrants to be granted U.S. citizenship and wants Congress to hold hearings on the matter.

“I guess they figure that if that manger thing was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for Baby Carlotta,” Juanita rolls her eyes.

“Up until this very moment I though Republicans and the Bible were closer than skin on a sausage.  Turns out,” she admits, “I was wrong.”

Leviticus 19: 33 reads “When a foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him.  You must regard the foreigner who lives with you as the native-born among you. You are to love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

“When did America cease being the Land of Plenty and become the Land of Stingy?” Juanita shouts.

“Um, sometime during the Reagan administration,” Verdelia quietly offers.