NYT: Trump Might Have a Case on Birthright Citizenship

[Unkotare]

.... those children can get their parents into the USA on Expedited visas.

They couldn't even start to try until those "children" are 18. Around 24 before anything might happen.

 

[AZrailwhale]

They couldn't even start to try until those "children" are 18. Around 24 before anything might happen.

I don't think so, those children are American citizens eligible for passports issued by consulates which would be the basis for visas for the parents.

 

[AZrailwhale]

I don't think so, those children are American citizens eligible for passports issued by consulates which would be the basis for visas for the parents.

Besides, that is the stated intentions of the pregnant women who get arrested for “birth tourism”.

 

[Unkotare]

I don't think so, those children are American citizens eligible for passports issued by consulates which would be the basis for visas for the parents.

Nope.

 

[my2¢]

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

If they're not subject to our country's jurisdiction then how can they be considered illegal?

 

[AZrailwhale]

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

If they're not subject to our country's jurisdiction then how can they be considered illegal?

How can foreign citizens visiting the USA who commit crimes be considered criminals and be punished for their crimes? It's the same logic.

 

[Zincwarrior]

So, an illegal alien mother or mother overstaying a visa gets deported and the American citizen baby goes to an orphanage?

Irrelevant to the question of whether or not the child is a US citizen.

 

[my2¢]

How can foreign citizens visiting the USA who commit crimes be considered criminals and be punished for their crimes? It's the same logic.

How is that the same? Foreign citizens who visit our country ARE under our jurisdiction. The only exception are foreign citizens given diplomatic immunity. Which is why children of foreign diplomats born here are not U.S. citizens.