Okay. I was not aware of the “soil” argument. Is that explicitly metioned in the Constitution, or settled through later jurisprudence?
Hypothetical: If Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Cristina Fernandez happened to be a couple visitng the USA, and she gave birth to a child while visiting, would that child be eligible for the Office of POTUS?
If the couple were considered EXEMPT from prosecution under American law, then they are not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof”
And the answer would be “no”.
Diplomatic immunity would prevent citizenship.
I was told by a young woman who lived near the border in Texas that Mexicans and Americans were allowed to freely cross the border to visit and shop in Mexico and the US.
She said that when Mexican women went into labor, they would cross to “shop”. They would go to a US hospital to give birth so that their child could come back to the US for an education when he was older because he would be a US citizen.
This is not what the 14th amendment intended. This child’s parents were never “residents” of the US, only visiting and had not subjected themselves to our jurisdiction as residents. Also, when people come here illegally, they have not subjected themselves to our jurisdiction either. Their children are what is called anchor babies.
It would according to THAT idiot's (Kansas58) stupid theory. It never occurs to these people that the founders were not morons.