To: SeattleBruce
It didn’t need to address the slave’s parents.
The authors of the ammendment definitely were addressing the parents of any future births. At that time, all minors were the property of their parents, and their legal status could not be ‘legal’ if their parents were not also legal.
IOW, visa or green card holders.
7,688 posted on
08/06/2009 4:27:04 PM PDT by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: editor-surveyor
If our discussion comes down to say anchor babies, imho the 14th A. doesn't apply to them because they aren't legally resident, their parents aren't legally domiciled (you could certainly question national loyalties in such a scenario), and they aren't subject to the jurisdiction of the US (in fact they are illegally resident here.)
7,803 posted on
08/07/2009 6:50:03 AM PDT by
SeattleBruce
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