Can foreigners be drafted into the Army?
Can foreigners who are not residents be made to pay taxes on their home country earnings to the US?
Can foreigners be charged with treason to this country?
No, but their home country can do these things to them. Thus they are NOT subject to US jurisdiction. Being forbidden to murder someone here, or to run a red light, or to rape or rob someone, etc. is mere territorial jurisdiction, NOT the type of jurisdiction that the 14th Amendment speaks to.
The writer of this editorial is either unaware of this, or is purposely leaving it out.
Excellent explanation. Mind if I steal that?
They can be drafted into the Army if they have been in the country legally for 6 months.
They can be drafted into the Army if they have been in the country legally for 6 months. Also one does not have to be a United States citizen to enlist in the Army or the Navy.