[Lurking Libertarian]

Not at all. The children have the same citizenship as that of their parents. The children are indeed citizens of somewhere...maybe not the U.S., but if nothing else, they would be able to claim the same citizenship and dear old Mom and Dad.

We are talking here about children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrant parents. Under the current statute, those children are U.S. citizens.

There may be some debate about whether the 14th Amendment requires that result or not, but until Congress changes the law, we will never know. Under current law, those children are U.S. citizens.

Texas is not denying the children's citizenship; the issue in the lawsuit is what ID the parents need to show to prove they are in fact the parents of that child.

[DiogenesLamp]

We are talking here about children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrant parents. Under the current statute, those children are U.S. citizens.

There may be some debate about whether the 14th Amendment requires that result or not, but until Congress changes the law, we will never know. Under current law, those children are U.S. citizens.

This was never the intended outcome of the 14th amendment, and we should not constantly assert that the law says it is. Every time the topic comes up we need to assert that it is a deliberate abuse and misreading of the 14th amendment, and we need to keep saying it often.

My tagline is from John Bingham's words on the topic. Allowing the children of illegals to acquire citizenship is not only incredibly stupid, it is an assault on the constitution itself.

[erkelly]

There is no statute giving these children citizenship, only some contorted reasoning in a footnote by some S/C justice circa 1980s. Sorry, I am so fuzzy on the details, we both should look this up.