[DiogenesLamp]

It is not crystal clear. It is quite muddled in a way that it didn't need to be had they kept the original language. Ryan is not correct. The 14th was never intended to make citizens out of transient aliens. If you read the debates on the 14th amendment, John Bingham, chief author of the 14th amendment, makes it clear that the children of anyone who is a subject to a foreign power do not qualify.

[Snickering Hound]

It is not crystal clear. It is quite muddled in a way that it didn't need to be had they kept the original language. Ryan is not correct. The 14th was never intended to make citizens out of transient aliens. If you read the debates on the 14th amendment, John Bingham, chief author of the 14th amendment, makes it clear that the children of anyone who is a subject to a foreign power do not qualify.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.

You have a link for John Bingham writing that? Thanks.