However, if a Foreigner is in this country LEGALLY, and a child is born to that Foreigner on U.S. soil, there STILL is no common sense way that the child is any more than a FOREIGN citizen until citizenship is petitioned and completed, period. The mis-interpretation of the Constitution on the words "any person born" was not intended to include Foreign Nationals, but rather to the sons and daughters born to Americans. Lawyers decided that common sense has no place in the interpretation, and that the Framers' intent didn't matter; the WORD they used was interpreted incorrectly at their urging, and we're stuck with American Citizens' tax dollars now supporting ANCHOR BABIES that number in the millions now, and paying their medical bills, funding their education, etc. ANYONE who can sneak across the border to have a baby successfully guarantees the benefits for their child of taxpayer-funded freebies.
Immigration to America isn't a concept that was just invented yesterday. The primary focus was children of forcibly imported slaves. But you gots ta remember that plain language deserves to be read as such. Any is any, not just some. There is no unwritten caveat. It is NOT reading plain language as such that has caused the vast majority of problems with modern constitutional law.
Caps lock is cruise control for cool.
But even with cruise control, you still have to use the steering wheel. :)
Thanks for your post.
I have to disagree with your position on the constitutional interpretation of citizenship rights. So what you are saying is that the Framers did not really mean to say “any person” when they said “any person”? With all due respect, that’s gotta be the most Clintonian argument I’ve heard in a long time!