The 14th is very clear about birthright citizenship. I dont agree with it but to change it, it will require a change to the 14th amendment.
I preference would be a meritocracy where there are different rights for different people based upon the individual earning those rights. As Heinlein postulate in Starship Troopers, “Service brings citizenship.”
At the top would be a citizen who has full rights. Then there would be residents who do not have full rights (voting only in state elections, not allowed to serve as an officer in the government, etc) but retain many rights. Then there would other classification for aliens, prisoners and slaves (yes I said slaves), each with fewer rights.
Before everyone gets their panties in a wad, slaves would be limited to those who have been convicted of a crime and sentenced to either death or life without parole. Those slaves would not have but a very few rights (no voting, no property ownership, etc).
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Baloney. Illegal aliens are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. They are INVADERS. Since when did the drafters of the 14th Amendment intend to extend birthright citizenship to the children of INVADERS?
When has ANY COUNTRY IN HISTORY done that?
It looks like you haven’t read the full article. The author cites a number of precedents and the legislative history of the Fourteenth Amendment to support his position.
If is so clear, then why did Congress, in 1924, have to pass a law to grant US Citizenship to Native Americans, when the 14th was ratified in 1868?
If the 14th truly means how it is currently being interpreted, then why didn’t Congress know and understand this interpretation in 1924?!?