BrokeLoser
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Maybe, but the verbage they used is stupidly open ended.The 14th was never meant to be anything other than the children of slaves it was designed for.
Allegiance is what its all about and if the SC ever hears the case that's what will decide it.
Yup but its all about which country you owe your allegiance to.
One guy on this board explained it quite well. Can't remember who but he had it down pat.
The keys to understanding Birthright Citizenship:
- The plain meaning of the 14th Amendment means that one must BOTH be born in United States AND be subject to the jurisdiction thereof. Since there are two explicit requirements, they both cannot be met by simply being born on U.S. soil.
- The history of the drafting of the 14th Amendment makes clear that the language “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” meant a citizen could not owe allegiance to any other foreign power. This excludes illegal immigrants who are in defiance of U.S. jurisdiction and are citizens of a foreign power.
- The Supreme Court has never held that the children of illegal immigrants born in the United States are automatically citizens.
- Because the Supreme Court has not interpreted the Constitution to mandate automatic birthright citizenship, the Congress can pass a law to correct the current misguided and incorrect policy of automatically granting citizenship to children of illegal immigrants.