What he meant is irrelevant, what he wrote is what counts.
The USSC has dealt with this over and over.
All persons within the territorial bounds of the United States are subject it’s municipal law; all persons within the territorial bounds of the United States are not completely subject to the jurisdiction thereof, they are not members of the civil society.
The USSC has dealt with this over and over.
Actually, they haven’t. There hasn’t been a case involving the children of ILLEGAL aliens. All the cases I know of involve parents who were in the United States LEGALLY when they had a child. It is a distinction that should not be overlooked.