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To those who say, "it's Un-Constimatushional" or whatever, that's rot. The 14th includes language that allows Congress to "clarify". Thus Mr. Stump's eloquent and succinct statement:

To clarify the effect on the citizenship of an individual of the individual's birth in the United States. (Introduced in House)

HR 190 IH

107th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 190

To clarify the effect on the citizenship of an individual of the individual's birth in the United States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 3, 2001

Mr. STUMP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To clarify the effect on the citizenship of an individual of the individual's birth in the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BASIS OF CITIZENSHIP CLARIFIED.

In the exercise of its powers under section 5 of the Fourteenth Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the Congress has determined and hereby declares that any person born after the date of enactment of this Act to a mother who is neither a citizen or national of the United States nor admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident, and which person is a citizen or national of another country of which either of his or her natural parents is a citizen or national, or is entitled upon application to become a citizen or national of such country, shall be considered as born subject to the jurisdiction of that foreign country and not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States within the meaning of section 1 of such Article and shall therefore not be a citizen of the United States or of any State solely by reason of birth in the United States.

This requires only a majority vote of the House and Senate to become law, and legitimately clarifies the Constitutional language in the 14th amendment. Since there has been no case before the Supreme Court that truly adjudicates this (U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark was about the child of legal aliens), this would settle the matter, and be far more democratic and efficient than waiting for a SCOTUS case which may or may not settle it.

It is to the eternal discredit of the Bush family that they have worked ruthlessly against this over the years. They are the reason it did not go anywhere in 2001, and probably still today.

The generous custom, NOT A LAW, of granting ALL children born here citizenship, has turned into a pernicious act.

This harmful custom, no matter what is done now, will inexorably turn this Republic into the northernmost Latin American Country in this hemisphere. It could have been ended by an Executive Order; an order requested of our last 6 Republican Presidents.

There is no law making the children of illegal aliens "citizens;" never has been.