WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined National Report on Newsmax to discuss Middle East diplomacy, the debate over birthright citizenship, and his bill, the Citizenship Act of 2026.
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Key Excerpts on Peace in the Middle East:
Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): “President Trump has done so much to bring long-term lasting peace to the Middle East. The Abraham Accords in the first Trump term and now what he’s doing in this term to wipe out Iran’s military, their ability to have a nuclear weapon, and to prevent them from funneling money to Hezbollah, Hamas, and terrorist proxy groups. This meeting today with the President of Lebanon is another piece of a complicated puzzle.”
“You just heard President Trump in his press conference talking about what he’s done in Venezuela, now what he’s doing in Iran. I mean all the pieces in the puzzle here are not just about peace in the Middle East but world peace. And President Trump, he’s going to go down in history for a lot of reasons, but the long-term effect of preventing Iran from having a Nuclear weapon is in America’s best interest; it’s good for Israel, our ally, other countries in the Middle East, but it’s good for the World…President Trump’s leadership around the world has made the world safer and will for a long time to come.”
“President Trump negotiating peace with Israel and Lebanon-whoever thought that would happen? 80 years, those countries have been at war, and for President Trump to bring both sides together to strike a deal for peace to eradicate Hezbollah. It’s so historic and important, and it gives us a stronger hand for what we have to do in Iran.”
Key Excerpts on Birthright Citizenship:
“This Supreme Court decision will go down as one of the worst decisions, certainly in my lifetime if not the worst of all. It’s a direct attack on American sovereignty. I think most democrats in America, I know all Republicans, anyone with common sense understands that the babies of illegals in our country should not be granted birthright citizenship. That was never the intent of the 14th Amendment.”
“We’ve declared nazi spies, terrorists, pirates, as invaders into our country before, but all of that pales in comparison to what the Democrats have allowed to happen to this country, with tens of millions of illegals and a quarter million of babies born every year to these invaders, to these illegals, who are immediately given birthright citizenship. It’s wrong; it shouldn’t have happened.”
“I introduced the bill last week; it’s growing in support. Some of my colleagues in the House are introducing the same bill in the House. Let’s pass it, make it clear, and save our country from continuing this to happen in the future.”
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