To: henkster
"Then it is time for an Amendment to the 14th Amendment. I agree that we cant strip citizenship from those already here, but we need to put a stop to the illegal entry."
Agreed. The 14th Amendment was written as a response to slavery but the language clearly grants citizenship to people born in the U.S. or under its jurisdiction. I do not like what has been done with this clause, but will not deny the plain language in which it was written. We cannot decry liberals who play fast and loose with the plain language of the constitution and then do the same thing when it suits our purposes. To be consistent, we should back an amendment to fix this mess.
62 posted on
04/28/2010 6:22:06 PM PDT by
rob777
To: rob777
The 14th Amendment was written as a response to slavery but the language clearly grants citizenship to people born in the U.S. or under its jurisdiction.Not "or" "and." You altered the wording which changes the meaning.
65 posted on
04/28/2010 8:54:41 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
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