The words “...and subject to their jurisdiction...” takes care of everything. An illegal alien is not subject to United States jurisdiction.
Let’s try this little experiment: “All undocumented aliens in the United States are hereby ordered to report to the nearest community police station to be registered.”
What’s that? Nobody showed up? Well ain’t that a hole in the boat!
A resolution by Congress (not even a new law, per se) would be sufficient to settle this confusion. No Amendment required, either.
Nonsense. An illegal alien can be arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced by the United States.
A diplomat cannot.
Thus, an illegal alien is subject to our jurisdiction while a diplomat is not.
The writers of the 14th amendment did not envision the type of mobility that exists in this modern world.
The Constitution needs to be amended to stop anchor babies. I think it should be amended, and the way the Constitution reads, it is required.