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14th Amendment and green card kids
Kid laws. ^ | 10/31/2018 | Me

Posted on 10/31/2018 1:35:53 PM PDT by mikelets456

The site I listed really does not have the answer I'm looking for but we got on this discussion at work. I understand the 14th amendment clause, 1866 dealing with the civil rights acts etc. The question I have is a person I work with is from Canada. While he was waiting for his citizenship he had 3 children. Then he received his citizenship. I argue that the intention to become a citizen has been started and in the works, therefore establishing "intent". My co-worker argues that his kids are not citizens and Trump's EO and the 14th amendment would kick them out. I'm simply seeking the truth...


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1 posted on 10/31/2018 1:35:53 PM PDT by mikelets456
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His kids are US Citizens. He was in the US legally (had been given a Green Card) hence he was “under the jurisdiction of the United States”.


2 posted on 10/31/2018 1:37:55 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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While the authors of the 14th Amendment explicitly excluded “foreigners” the status of legal immigrants applying for citizenship is ambiguous. We didn’t have the categories of “legal and illegal” immigrants in 1866 but we did have a process for becoming a citizen, and I would surmise that such duly enrolled immigrants would be covered under the 14th clause.

Regarding the “birthright” of illegals, I hope Trump or Congress or both pursue the issue. A court ruling would be a good thing to have on the record.

3 posted on 10/31/2018 1:41:07 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered than seized.)
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It looks like he has a case to take the proper jurisdiction, but he should do it as soon as possible so the kids don’t have a question mark over their heads.


4 posted on 10/31/2018 1:41:33 PM PDT by richardtavor
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I agree with your analysis, but I also believe we could use some clarification as to the rights of green card holders. And if at some time we create any new classification for the immigrants who are given some status, their rights with respect to citizenship ( and child birth citizenship) need to be clarified.

Com on Congress


5 posted on 10/31/2018 1:50:31 PM PDT by KC_for_Freedom
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“His kids are US Citizens. He was in the US legally (had been given a Green Card) hence he was “under the jurisdiction of the United States”.”

Legal resident...


6 posted on 10/31/2018 1:52:40 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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Can I stir the pot and ask a question which may seem odd?

How exactly do we define citizenship? The vast majority of Americans do not have a passport. So for most, the evidence of citizenship would be a birth certificate.

Naturalized citizens have documentation of their naturalization. But most of us don’t have any documentation of being American except the birth certificate.

And for passport holders, in my case I recall the key document to get a passport was the birth certificate.


7 posted on 10/31/2018 1:59:22 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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"While he was waiting for his citizenship he had 3 children."

Noting that I’m not a citizenship judge, Sen. Jacob Howard, the author of the jurisdiction clause, had noted that citizens pay taxes. So did your friend file federal tax returns while he had the three children?

8 posted on 10/31/2018 2:01:57 PM PDT by Amendment10
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Of course they are——my mother hadn’t yet become a citizen when my brother and I were born.

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9 posted on 10/31/2018 2:05:35 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Amendment10

Whether he paid taxes or not,he was here legally so his kids are citizens because they were born here.

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10 posted on 10/31/2018 2:07:43 PM PDT by Mears
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>>>My co-worker argues that his kids are not citizens and Trump’s EO and the 14th amendment would kick them out<<<

POTUS Trump’s EO would and could not be Retroactive, unlike FDR’s EO that imprisoned American Citizens of Japanese Descent.


11 posted on 10/31/2018 2:09:56 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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I agree with your analysis here. Trump's effort is aimed at stopping children of illegals from automatically being citizens, but your friend was here legally.
12 posted on 10/31/2018 2:10:46 PM PDT by libertylover (2016 was a mini-revolution. Keep it going.)
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The 14th was never intended to apply to foreigners.
Any foreigners.
The Supreme Court stretched it to cover the children of foreigners here legally in Wong Kim Ark, but did not extend it to illegal aliens.
That was done administratively sometime in the 1960’s.
An executive order can remedy that.

Children of foreign nationals inherit the nationality(ies) of their foreign national parent(s).

That’s why the children of foreign nationals are NOT natural born citizens.

That’s also how Ted Cruz acquired US citizenship being born in Canada. A citizen by extension of his mother’s citizenship, but not a natural born citizen.


13 posted on 10/31/2018 2:12:48 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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What was the mother’s status?


14 posted on 10/31/2018 2:13:35 PM PDT by sanjuanbob
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Sen. Jacob Howard, the author of the jurisdiction clause, had noted that citizens pay taxes.

That's a useless measuring stick. EVERYBODY pays taxes (unless working under the table). Citizens, Green Card holders, H1B visa workers. Even illegals if they managed to scam their way onto a payroll with a stolen SS number.


15 posted on 10/31/2018 2:15:24 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: hinckley buzzard

The court ruled in 1898 in Wong Kim Ark that the children of legal residents were citizens.
They did not address the children of illegal aliens.


16 posted on 10/31/2018 2:15:25 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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His kids are actually now dual citizens of the US and Canada (technically illegal, but unenforceable as the US can’t control other countries decisions regarding citizenship).


17 posted on 10/31/2018 2:18:12 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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"Whether he paid taxes or not,he was here legally so his kids are citizens because they were born here."

With all due respect Mears, please consider the following.

Sen. Jacob Howard argued for the inclusion of the jurisdiction clause in the 14th Amendment to clarify that just because somebody is born in the US doesn’t mean that they are automatically a citizen.

From the congressional record, here is Sen. Howard’s clarification of the purpose of the jurisdiction clause.

"Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens [emphasis added], who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States. This has long been a great desideratum in the jurisprudence and legislation of this country." A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875 Congressional Globe, Senate, 39th Congress, 1st Session Page 2890 of 3840 (See about bottom half of middle column.)

18 posted on 10/31/2018 2:22:17 PM PDT by Amendment10
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Your Canuck friend is a liberal Democrat, and his argument is solely for the purpose of inflammation. I say take two Tylenol long lasting and tell him to shove off. His kids are native, but not natural born citizens...


19 posted on 10/31/2018 2:25:07 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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He couldn’t possibly have kids all by himself. What is the citizenship status of his wife or girlfriend or surrogate?


20 posted on 10/31/2018 2:26:54 PM PDT by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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