Sorry, but any academic or historical notions about birthright citizenship must bow empirically, in my view, to the huge degree of abuse that occurs. “Birth tourism,” “anchor babies.” In many hospitals in border states, a plurality of infants are born to “undocumented” mothers with Spanish surnames. I maintain we should do what most developed nations do: infant gets mother’s status. But we’re never going to get a constitutional amendment, and I’m not sure what the policy fallback position is other than seeking better interdiction of illegals — and highly pregnant (legal) visitors.
“In many hospitals in border states, a plurality of infants are born to ‘undocumented’ mothers with Spanish surnames.”
Heck, in many “friendly” countries, pregnant women would climb the embassy walls, or “visit” the embassy on or near their due dates so that her child was born on “American soil!” This has been happening for YEARS - all because one bad court decision actually ENCOURAGES foreigners to invade our country!