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If their parents are lawfully present in the united states. normally you establish citizenship through a passport. to get a passport, you present a birth certificate. and the birth certificate simply says, i was born in x hospital on x date, these are my parents. and the hospital, whoever issues is, doesn't delve into questions about the citizenship or the status of the parents. >> you have to create a whole new paradigm. >> i hope someone is telling the president that. >> as homeland secretary you were involved in states with vulnerability. what about georgia, there's no paper backup. it's on...

Putin instead of with america. >> republicans say congress has fully funded election security, this is all political theater. what can you tell us? what should people know? >> we are not acting as a country like we've been attacked. after 9/11, the government reorganized itself and put billions of dollars into combatting the terrorists. we're not doing it with the foreign influence threat. money isn't the only way to secure elections, but it's part of the problem. states have outdated equipment and outdated technology. they need more money and also need to do a lot of other things. there are f...

Role in how the computer systems are set up, whether they're paper, whether they have paper backup. all of that stuff. this is a 50-state obligation and responsibility. and one way in which you could, you know -- you could sort of rally the states to harden their systems. but, you know, there's not much you can do by waving your hand in washington, except interdicting stuff, you know, that comes on -- comes through the cables or through the ether. >> we're starting to get some reaction from capitol hill. so i want to play -- we just got this. texas senator, john cornyn, reacting to this news. ...

Paper. >> that is true. paper ballots are important to have a backup system. it's today in context when you look at what the president is doing, his administration, to canada who we have a trade surplus with. one of our great allies. and what we're not doing against one of the greatest global adversaries in russia. wh why? >> pardon me. i am having a bad flashback to 2000 and the paper ballots and hanging chads and all of that stuff. there is no perfect system -- the idea that we can say let's have a paper backup -- there are 50 different election systems essentially in this country. so it's n...

And one of the things we're learning is it's always good, it's old fashioned but it's always good to have a paper backup system of voting. it's called paper. not highly complex computers. paper. and a lot of states are doing that. they're going to a paper backup and i think that's a great idea. >> all right. so can i just say something? >> sure. >> i completely agree with the president there. paper is a great backup and the reason why is you know, it is one of the things that have -- that i've had a little comfort in when we've talked about all of the ratings of the russians, the voting, i've ...