[mlo]

"Actually, it doesn't. It has been misinterpreted for decades."

Actually, it does. Those claiming misinterpretation are misinterpreting it.

[longtermmemmory]

I think it is akin to those who interprit the yellow fringe on american flags and being an issue inside a courtroom. it is meaningless. Born in the USA and you are a citizen.

History and the reason for that amendment support that plain meaning.

[IYAS9YAS]

The original intent of the 14th was not to confer citizenship on just anyone who happened to be born here. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=073/llcg073.db&recNum=11

Middle column, bottom third of the column. "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."

[W. W. SMITH]

Come on MLO and Longtermmemmory, you have both been here long enough to have read the arguments and know that the fourteenth does not grant citizenship to the children of illegals.

The writers of the fourteenth in private correspondence and interviews explicitly state that it applies only to the children of those who where once held as slaves in this nation. I doubt that there are any left that meet those requirements.

Any child born of illegal parent or parents is also an illegal. If by hook or crook he or she stays through high school, maybe even college, tuff. they along with their parents should be deported.

Upon arrival in the country of origin of the parents, the child can report to the US embassy and barring a criminal record be put at the top of the list for entry to the US. Their having been here illegally will not be held against them but will be against their parents. They will then have to satisfy the same requirements as any other immigrant to become a citizen.

Their parents can not come here to visit. Nor can green cards be issued to relatives.

Any one saying that the fourteenth grants citizenship to any one born here is shilling for the progressives.