[Carry_Okie]

The citizenship clause says that for a person to be a citizen they must be "born in the US" AND subject to the jurisdiction. Else, they must be naturalized by terms explicitly defined by Congress. Congress has passed no statute defining babies born to aliens as citizens of the United States, much less illegal aliens.

It is abundantly clear, from both the historic record and the legal definition of the term "subject" contemporary with the date at which the 14th Amendment was drafted, that children of aliens are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States. They are instead WITHIN the jurisdiction of the US. They are not citizens of the US.

That the 14th Amendment circumscribes who CAN be a citizen, and the fact that the Constitution is a limiting document that disallows anything it does not enumerate, means that Congress MAY NOT confer automatic citizenship on anchor babies. They must be naturalized as adults.

The burden of proof, as has has been placed upon people who oppose existing policy, in fact belongs placed upon those who advocate for it.

[KarlInOhio]

The primary, and perhaps only, purpose for the 14th amendment was to keep southern states from denying citizenship to newly freed slaves because their parents weren't citizens. Since everyone involved in that is long gone, it is time tco reconsider who we want to be citizens and amend the Constitution appropriately. Right now I think that citizenship should be limited to the children of citizens and legal immigrants and denied to the children of those on tourist and business visas and illegals.

[Eagles6]

"the good part is everything is free now."

yeah, free for you, out of my pocket.