But only if the parent(s) are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Aliens and illegal aliens are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. They are subject to the jujrisdiction of the governnent of their own country.
Sorry, Charlie. No anchor babies. No Obammy babies either.
Really? So they can commit crimes on US soil and US law has no jurisdiction over them?
are you addressing comment #301? Your response does not make sense..
So if they rob a bank or shoot someone we can't arrest them?
'Legal' and 'illegal' are inherently jurisdictional terms.
" They are subject to the jujrisdiction of the governnent of their own country."
When they are in their own country, sure, but when they are in the US they are subject to the jurisdiction thereof. Unless they are diplomats, Indians subject to tribal law or members of a hostile occupying army. When I was in Germany I was subject to the jurisdiction of the government of West Germany. I had to pay their taxes, obey their laws and so on. Some of the kids from school (DODDS) were children of diplomats with diplomatic passports. When we rode the (public transportation) bus from school I had to pay a fare. If an inspector boarded the bus and demanded my ticket, he could write me a ticket (meaning I would have to pay a fine) if I didn't have one. The diplomatic kids only had to flash their diplomatic passports and the inspector would ignore them. An abuse of diplomatic immunity, albeit minor, but still immunity. That's what subject to the jurisdiction means.