If they were not born of citizens, they are not a citizen. They are as illegal as the criminals that concieved them, and should be returned to the country of their parents' origin until such a time as they pass through the proper naturalization proceedures and become a legal citizen.
Hallelujah! Let it be SO!
“Pearce argues that the “original intent” of the 14th Amendment was to grant citizenship to freed U.S. slaves, and that it was never meant to apply to the children of foreigners.
A Phoenix New Times writer, however, argues that lawmakers who originally passed the amendment took into account the cases of children of Chinese immigrants in California as well as children of gypsies when drafting the measure.
A 19th-century Supreme Court precedent also backs that interpretation, though no Supreme Court case has yet dealt with the issue of offspring of illegal immigrant parents.”
“If they were not born of citizens, they are not a citizen.”
Not according to what the law actually says. They are a citizen if they are born in the United States.
“They are as illegal as the criminals that concieved them”
How is an infant who is born in America a criminal? They have done nothing wrong.
“should be returned to the country of their parents’ origin until such a time as they pass through the proper naturalization proceedures and become a legal citizen.”
They are already an American citizen by virtue of being born in America. Their parents are illegal immigrants. The child, is just as much an American as anyone else.