Quote Originally Posted by vistalad View Post
From a previous thread:
“Senator Jacob Howard, the author of the citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment... told us what he meant. He defined who would fall within the ‘jurisdiction of the United States.’

“‘Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, [meaning the states – their jurisdiction] is, by virtue of natural law and national law, a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons.

Associate Justice Gray, writing for the majority in the Wong Kim Ark vs. United States, completely ignored both the language of the 14th Amendment and its purpose, as stated by the author of the citizenship clause. Instead the court relied on English Common Law.

Illegal aliens were not a topic in the 1880's. Britain ended birthright citizenship in 1983.
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Exactly. You can not breed citizens subject to a jurisdiction you are banned from entering.