[montag813]

The woman, a Mexican citizen...An immigration law provision makes a child born in airspace over U.S. territory eligible for citizenship..."The parents can go ahead and pursue citizenship for the child if they so wish"

Totally untrue. Crystal clear violation of the 14th Amendment's jurisdiction clause:

"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."

Any citizens of a foreign nation are by fact NOT subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. This is why foreign diplomats in New York don't have their wives giving birth to American citizens. There is no debate about that. So why is there any debate about this or ANY so-called "anchor babies". There is NO SUCH THING. Any baby born to an illegal Mexican alien is a citizen of MEXICO...NOT the U.S.

IF there is such a "provision" in immigration law it is unconstitutional. Any judge ruling otherwise should be impeached. The SCOTUS needs to take this issue up and rule correctly so we can finally have an end to this unlawful law.

[Cheburashka]

"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."
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Your interpretation is incorrect.

"People born in the United States but not subject to the jurisdiction thereof" refers to the children of diplomats and their families. Since diplomats have diplomatic immunity they are not subject to the our laws, nor are their children, and therefore they do not get American citizenship just because they are born here.

This is what the people who drafted the amendment intended it to mean. They did not intend it to exclude any child born within the United States except for children of people with diplomatic immunity. Since the day the amendment went into effect it has never been interpreted to exclude any other children born in the United States.

You may feel that children born in the United States to illegal immigrants should not be given citizenship. In order for that to result there will have to be an amendment to the Constitution.