If the constitution was a document of a kingdom, it would not say jurisdiction. It would say “subject of sovereign.” That is a better way to think of it.
A person who is a citizen of another country is treated under our laws, but ther loyalty lies with their “sovereign.”
Using the examples of the immigrants of the old west, it was the judgement that they came here with the intent to immigrate, that they held no allegiance to the country they left, and subjected themselves to conscription at great peril.
This does not fit the situation of a pregnant immigrant who rushes across the border to give birth in a border town.
Agreed. It was never intended to apply to people who had not interest in making this nation their home.
This does not fit the situation of a pregnant immigrant who rushes across the border to give birth in a border town.
Exactly right. Nor does it fit the situation of someone who takes a vacation in this country in order to make a citizen of their newly born child.