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To: flashbunny
it's not in the constitution.

Au Contraire

Amendment XIV - Citizenship rights. Ratified 7/9/1868. Note History

1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

81 posted on 11/15/2005 8:31:41 AM PST by kabar
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To: kabar

That's like saying the 2nd amendment applies only to militia members.

Including ILLEGAL aliens - by definition, here ILLEGALLY and not "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" was NOT the intention of the 14th amendment.

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"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, 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."

Senator Jacob Howard,
co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, 1866.

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87 posted on 11/15/2005 8:38:12 AM PST by flashbunny (LOCKBOX: Where most republicans keep their gonads after they arrive in Washington D.C.)
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