[THEUPMAN]

I'm not trying to be a smart alick here so please don't get the wrong idea.
But I'm wondering where in the constitution it says children born to non citizens are citizens?
Does it really address this issue or is it one of those things that some court found in there buried "between" the lines?

[kabar]

Seems pretty clear to me.

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.

It is not just my opinion. The courts have upheld that interpretation.

[chronic_loser]

14th amendment. The drafters of that never intended and never envisioned it being used by illegal immigrants, but here we are. I think the "jurisdiction" argument (making all illegals subject to the "jurisdiction" of their home country, like ambassadors) is interesting, but we would have to do it so selectively that we would either:

1) move them out from the jurisdiction of our legal system, so that we can't prosecute for ANY crime, or

2) make the jurisdiction so narrow (the delivery room of a hospital?) that it would not survive court challenge