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To: cuban leaf
And if you are here illegally, you are not. You are here against the laws of our country.

According to the author "subject to the jurisdiction" is not a legal classification but a political one. If you are a citizen of another country then you are subject to their jurisdiction and not ours. So the it doesn't look like the children of foreign nationals born in the U.S. are citizens period, which would make Rubio and Jindal ineligible.

66 posted on 08/18/2015 7:46:24 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

If you are a citizen of another country then you are subject to their jurisdiction and not ours.


That is kinda where I was coming from, but you are right that it really is a different thing.


133 posted on 08/18/2015 4:24:18 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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