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To: SeekAndFind
It’s right there in the First paragraph of Section 1 in the 14th Amendment. To wit: “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”

Your arguments only work when you leave out the large type. The connective word 'and' makes it necessary to be true for the third clause to be true. Parents on passports should be the clue about jurisdiction, and you skipped it every single time.

Citizens are subject to the jurisdiction thereof. They have addresses here.

Visitors have to ask permission. Like a visa.

It comes down to the McCain decision in previous post. A Natural Born Citizen is someone born of US citizen parents (who are subject to the jurisdiction thereof).

64 posted on 06/14/2023 10:19:12 PM PDT by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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To: RideForever

So, if a baby is born in the USA ( regardless of the baby’s parent’s’ citizenship ), is the baby subject to the jurisdiction of the government of the United States or not?

Jurisdiction as I understand it, means an area with a set of laws under the control of a system of courts or government entity which are different from neighbouring areas.

So, does a baby born here in the USA not deserve the protection of the US government?


65 posted on 06/14/2023 10:28:08 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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