That didn't start in the 1980's. It started with the 14th Amendment.
The 14th amendment is one of the most misquoted amendments in the Constitution . Liberals tend to use pick and choose the wording so it fits their view of how to read it. CHILDREN BORN IN THE UNITED STATES ARE CITIZENS is only half of the requirement to be born a citizen AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF is the second part of the requirement. Congressional records clearly shows that the meaning of “ subject” in the 1860’s 14th amendment refers to the citizenship of the parents. Citizenship was denied to children of foreigners and aliens. The Supreme Court case of Wong Kim Ark (late 1800’s) allowed citizenship for children of parents who legally immigrated( sworn alligiance to ) to America but were not yet citizens.These children were considered Native Born Naturalized citizens. There is NO law or Constitutional amendment that grants citizenship to children of illegals. Immigration is a process that new citizens must go though in order for their children to be considered citizens. Crossing the border in the middle of the night to have a child on American soil IS NOT a Immigration process.
Not so fast!
“and subject to the jurisdiction thereof”.
If the parents are illegals, they are not truly subject to the jurisdiction thereof, so the 14th would not confirm citizenship on their kids.
This is critical to stopping the invasion.
If we go with your argument, the parents should still be deported, and the kids put up for adoption.