The Sage of Main Street
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Not All Xenos Need to Be PhobedMisterBeale.... Let me ask you a logical question that should clear up your confusion.
If all foreigner and alien, (which are synonymous,) born on this soil are not citizens at birth as you claim the Howard statement meant, (which it does not), then why would he even need to describe the children of foreign ambassadors and ministry diplomats, when they would already be included in the group of foreigners you claim are excluded from their child's birthright citizenship?
This is why you, and others, are wrong on Howard's argument/statement.
Senator Howard wanted to avoid calling diplomats "foreigners and aliens," which are pejorative terms, which is also why he made those two terms redundant, reinforcing his patriotism without insulting the honored guests.