[USNBandit]

I agree with fixing the anchor baby issue. First through legislation that will go to the Supreme Court. Then through the constitutional process, if required. Selling it to the American people is exceptionally important and requires a unified front. We don't get that from the GOPe because they are afraid to stand up for law and order, working families, union trades being displaced, and legal immigrants.

In the mean time the quickest way to stop and reverse illegal immigration is to make e-verify mandatory. I hear a lot about walls and fences, but the demand for illegal labor is the most important driver in illegal immigration. Take that away and you have a much greater chance of securing the border.

[Liz]

Central America federales plot the overthrow of
the US govt in the WH.... w/ an eager foreigner.

[xzins]

When many of us say “the wall”, we mean controlling access to the country. There is the physical, high tech wall, but there’s also control of access via coasts, seaports, airports, visas, and work permits. That implies a function e-verify system, even though it isn’t said every time, because this is a long paragraph. “The wall” is shorthand for “controlled access to the country”.

[pgyanke]

Simple argument... “subject to the jurisdiction” means allegiance to the sovereign. If it meant that someone bound by the laws could be punished for transgression, then it is superfluous and has no meaning—all persons in all places will be punished for transgressions of local laws. Are we citizens of the world, then? No. We are a sovereign nation whose foundations are rooted in the wisdom and common sense of the population to govern their representatives. The Constitution and its Amendments were not written with superfluous and meaningless language.