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To: neverdem

he also ignores the original intent of the 14th amendment:


"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.


2 posted on 11/28/2005 7:28:23 PM PST by flashbunny (To err is human. But to really screw something up, have the government try to fix it.)
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To: flashbunny

;-)


4 posted on 11/28/2005 7:30:06 PM PST by moehoward
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To: flashbunny

If someone who was born within the limits of the United States, is currently in the U.S., and is wanted by the government of Mexico subject to Mexican jurisdiction or to United States government jurisdiction?


16 posted on 11/28/2005 8:31:46 PM PST by dr_who_2
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