Thread: Pretty Convincing Argument Against Constitutionality Of Birthright Citizenship

Originally Posted by Jean

Polls show that the public overwhelming supports killing this perverse incentive for illegal immigration. Senator Harry Reid called the policy “insane” when in 1993 he introduced a bill to overturn it.

When trying to understand a legal statement, such as the 14th Amendment, we look first at the language itself. The language of the amendment includes, "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof." Amendments to the constitution are written without wasting words. If the authors had intended to grant citizenship to, for example, tourists, they would not have qualified their statement with "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof."

Foreigners are of course subject to our laws, but they have not sworn allegiance to the United States. So if foreigners break a law, we can imprison and then deport them. But imprisoning them does not transform into citizens, it simply makes them criminal aliens whom we are deporting.

This is not rocket science, but the issue is clouded by welfare pimps, such as the SPLC, whose scare tactics against elderly jews have, as stated above, been criticized by the Anti-Defamation League.
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