As a Strict Constructionist, I interpret the Constitution exactly as it is written and the 14th Amendment says that we should could all persons during the Census.
Perhaps those of who who are not Strict Constructionists and believe that the Constitution is a Living and Breathing Document may differ.
Mr. Dogz, I agree with you about the meaning of the 14th regarding the census, but I am VERY sure that the author of the Amendment, as well as those who voted for its adoption has NO idea that years later a political court would interpret its citizenship provisions in a perverted way that in effect gave the Amendment precisely the opposite effect from that intended, which was to PREVENT any merely jus solis citizenship for the children of foreigners.
One of the unintended consequences of this has been the explosion of “anchor babies” and their relatives that this census is obliged to count. Even Wong Kim Ark never contemplated citizenship for children of people in the US in violation of US law. Kim’s parents were long term legal residents of the US. I think the Court wrongly decided this case, but even they never imagined the situation upon us today, and they never authorized it.
Strict Constructionists would deem the illegal’s as lawbreakers and send them home or require the Federal Government to do its job and protect our country. You sir are making a nonsensical argument.