your implying rules of law for legal aliens are somehow different than illegal aliens because of their status.
If you come into this country illegally, you should be tossed out- the fact that you drop a kid here should not give you immunity OR allow you to claim legal status for the child
Actually, I'm saying that the rule of law applies to both groups, and that such differences in which laws apply to which group are so minor that there's no way to claim that one group is "subject to the jurisdiction" of the U.S. within the meaning of the 14th Amendment, but the other group is not.
If you come into this country illegally, you should be tossed out-
And illegals are deported by the thousands.
the fact that you drop a kid here should not give you immunity
It doesn't.
OR allow you to claim legal status for the child
As it stands, that citizenship status is granted by the plain language of the Constitution. Perhaps that can be changed by Congressional action. Perhaps a change requires an amendment to the Constitution.
But to take the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" and accept that it applies to legal aliens (which is understood and established by the Supreme Court), but then try to claim the same phrase means something else as to illegals, is a very weak approach.