The Forgotten - but Essential - Word in the 14th Citizenship Clause

[DGS49]

This Word In The 14th Amendment Bans Birthright Citizenship

The 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause contains a word that definitively excludes birth tourists: 'reside.'

thefederalist.com

Do illegals "reside" in any state when they pop a kid? What do you think?

 

[cnm]

This Word In The 14th Amendment Bans Birthright Citizenship

The 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause contains a word that definitively excludes birth tourists: 'reside.'

thefederalist.com

Do illegals "reside" in any state when they pop a kid? What do you think?

I think your reading comprehension needs as much a lesson as theirs. 'Born in the United States' is the determinant clause. I don't see any necessity for a person to reside in a state. Where is that in the US Constitution?

“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.”​

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This hopeful flailing by MAGAts to try to change the meaning of plain speech because they don't like the meaning is just par for the course.

 

[cnm]

Nor do the parents have to 'reside' anywhere. Ludicrous desperation.

 

[Winston]

Nor do the parents have to 'reside' anywhere. Ludicrous desperation.

Oh give the poor parrot a break, he is just trumpeting the party line. "Domiciled", that is the argument. Foolish really. It is no where mentioned in the amendment, not even in the Wong Kim Ark ruling, not even in the Constitutional debates.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

I think your reading comprehension needs as much a lesson as theirs. 'Born in the United States' is the determinant clause. I don't see any necessity for a person to reside in a state. Where is that in the US Constitution?

“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.”​

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This hopeful flailing by MAGAts to try to change the meaning of plain speech because they don't like the meaning is just par for the course.

"subject to the jurisdiction thereof"
It means that the parents must be American citizens for the child to have birthright citizenship.
That means that foreign citizens do not have birthright citizenship.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

This Word In The 14th Amendment Bans Birthright Citizenship

The 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause contains a word that definitively excludes birth tourists: 'reside.'

thefederalist.com

Do illegals "reside" in any state when they pop a kid? What do you think?

Lost in an Outer-Space Beltway

True, but the key fault of this treason should be that it is illogical to get a legal right through illegal means, plain and simple.

The reason such irrefutable reasoning doesn't get any play is that this 18th Century elitist document is sheltered from reality and claims to be interpreted only through its own internal system of logic, separated from outside reason and reality. It's like a language having mostly internal logic; there is no inclusive set of rules that govern all languages, such as Latin having different forms of adjectives depending on the gender, number, and grammatical case of the nouns they modify, which doesn't apply in English.

 

[mudwhistle]

"subject to the jurisdiction thereof"
It means that the parents must be American citizens for the child to have birthright citizenship.
That means that foreign citizens do not have birthright citizenship.

Nope.....they have to be here legally.

If they're undocumented they aren't in the system.....and outside our jurisdiction.

The problem with that is to fall under the jurisdiction of the US you have to swear allegiance to the US......AND NOBODY ELSE.

When I was growing up we swore allegiance to the flag of the United States of America on a daily basis, first thing in the morning.