Posted on 08/23/2015 10:22:02 AM PDT by Rockitz
Myths about birthright citizenshippromoted by liberals, embraced by establishment Republicans, and repeated by mainstream media pundits without critical examinationhave been debunked by experts spanning the political spectrum. But none of those people are being given A-list treatment by major media outlets to respond.
Instead, the voices given the biggest public platforms are commentators who lack any professional credentials on the topic, who breezily assure viewers that of course everyone knows that the Fourteenth Amendment confers citizenship on everyone born in this country. And when the media occasionally puts on an opposition guest to provide a veneer of balanced reporting, they put on well-meaning individuals who are clearly not well grounded on this issue, who cannot make a compelling case and cant answer hard questions.
But there are a plethora of legal experts who can field those questions. The Fourteenth Amendments Citizenship Clause declares: 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.
Breitbart News first explained that the debate of who becomes an American citizen by virtue of being born on U.S. soil turns on the words subject to the jurisdiction thereof. And we later explained in greater detail how the Supreme Courts interpretation of the Citizenship Clause over time supports the original meaning of that clause, a clause which does not extend citizenship to the children of illegal aliens. This is the third installment in this series of reports.
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I just printed out the fourteenth amendment.
If an illegal comes here to have a baby she cannot confer U.S. status/citenship on her baby if she does not reside in a state legally.
In other words a mother of a baby in the US must have US residency in one of the 50 states or her birth should be construed as a birth from her home country and nothing else. ITs clearly stated in the Constitution.
IMHO, it clearly states that to become a citizen residency in a state is clearly a must. One must be a resident of one of the 50 states to become a citizen. An illegal person who comes to the US and is not a resident of one of the 50 states is clearly not a citizen of the US nor would any birth she gives allow US citizenship simply because they are born in one of the 50 states.
Residency/citizenship is a must.
Where am I going wrong?
If ruled unconstitutional, then an amendment would be necessary. If not, then the law suffices to eliminate birthright citizenship. 61% of the American people want birthright citizenship eliminated. It is a winning position politically.
“There is an abysmal amount of ignorance extant in the nation now.”
Lawdy, lawdy, hmm, hmm, you sho dun gon an sed a moufful dat time. Dat do be da truf iffen it uz eva ben toll.
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