Thread: Anchor Babies and the intention of the 14th amemdment

ANCHOR BABIES
Posted By: 1. Groner on 3/25/2005 1:00:43 PM in Road To Rome
--One Reporter's Opinion – 14th Amendment Abuse by Illegal Aliens--

"NEWSMAX --It is this reporter's opinion that it is time to re-examine abuses of the 14th Amendment to our Constitution. It states in part, "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." The 14th Amendment is a simple document, drafted after the Civil War to assure that newly emancipated black slaves would never be denied citizenship by the states.

The drafters had no idea that, years later, the amendment would be used to make a mockery of our immigration laws. It was never intended that an illegal alien can cross the borders into our country, have a baby a few minutes later, and then the baby is automatically declared a citizen of the United States.

Automatic citizenship means that the illegal family is entitled to welfare benefits, and illegal alien parents who have children born in the United States are seldom, if ever, deported. These children are called ANCHOR BABIES: They anchor their families securely in the United States." (George Putnam/WorldNetDaily.com 3/25/05)
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The 14th Amendment
1. Liberty on 6/24/2005 3:43:27 PM
"The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 to protect the rights of native-born Black Americans, whose rights were being denied as recently-freed slaves. In 1866, Senator Jacob Howard clearly spelled out the intent of the 14th Amendment by writing:

"Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to 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. It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States. This has long been a great desideratum in the jurisprudence and legislation of this country."

The original intent of the 14th Amendment was clearly not to facilitate illegal aliens defying U.S. law at taxpayer expense. Current estimates indicate there may be over 300,000 anchor babies born each year in the U.S., thus causing illegal alien mothers to add more to the U.S. population each year than immigration from all sources in an average year before 1965.

The correct interpretation of the 14th Amendment is that an illegal alien mother is subject to the jurisdiction of her native country, as is her baby.

Over a century ago, the Supreme Court correctly confirmed this restricted interpretation of citizenship in the so-called 'Slaughter-House cases' [83 US 36 (1873)] and in [112 US 94 (1884)]. In Elk v.Wilkins, the phrase 'subject to its jurisdiction' excluded from its operation 'children of ministers, consuls, and citizens of foreign states born within the United States.' In Elk, the American Indian claimant was considered not an American citizen because the law required him to be 'not merely subject in some respect or degree to the jurisdiction of the United States, but completely subject to their political jurisdiction and owing them direct and immediate allegiance.'

Congress subsequently passed a special act to grant full citizenship to American Indians, who were not citizens even through they were born within the borders of the United States. The Citizens Act of 1924, codified in 8USCSß1401, provides that:

The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
(a) a person born in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof;
(b) a person born in the United States to a member of an Indian, Eskimo, Aleutian, or other aboriginal tribe.

American citizens must be wary of elected politicians voting to illegally extend our generous social benefits to illegal aliens and other criminals." (TheAmericanResistance.com 2005)

I don't know much about law, but I started reading up on this. Since illegals don't have to obey our laws, they aren't under our jurisdiction. Especially when the illegals aren't paying taxes. So, therefore, according to the 14th amendment, their kids really aren't citizens.

Is that right? It would be awesome if we could enforce it, but I doubt that would ever happen.