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To: adam_az
The author of the amendment wrote about exactly what it means.

And this is written where?

The article simply states:

argues the words “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” suggests the 14th Amendment does not apply to children of undocumented immigrants because their parents are living in the United States illegally.

If the parents are not subject to the jusisdiction of the US, then by what means could they be arrested and deported?

13 posted on 11/26/2005 6:03:31 PM PST by adamsjas
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To: adamsjas

"And this is written where?"


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

14th amendment was written to ensure freed blacks would be citizens.


21 posted on 11/26/2005 6:28:56 PM PST by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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