We're talking about 1862. We had just passed the Homestead Act and were happy to have immigrants come to settle the West. There wasn't any such thing as illegal immigration except for slaves who were smuggled in.
We had over 25 million immigrants during the "Great Wave" from 1880 to 1924. The first quotas weren't passed until 1921.
It was a different time in our history and you can't project today's problems onto the circumstances of drafting the 14th.
“It was a different time in our history and you can’t project today’s problems onto the circumstances of drafting the 14th.”
The 14th amendment was to protect former slaves only, as per the drafters of the amendment.
Today’s problem involves an anchor baby being born every 90 seconds.