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To: conservative98

Seems to me that ending birthright citizenship should be easy. The 14th amendment´s language includes: “ and subject to the jurisdiction thereof”...

All congress has to do is pass a law that defines “ and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” to mean that unless you´re a citizen or in the country legally, the jurisdiction clause doesn´t apply to you. Then explicitly state that at least one of the birth parents need to be in the country legally or citizenship isn´t conveyed.


10 posted on 11/01/2018 2:52:50 PM PDT by Singermom
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To: Singermom

The 14th Amendment was about granting citizenship to freed slaves. Period.


62 posted on 11/01/2018 3:23:15 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
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To: Singermom
...unless you´re a citizen or in the country legally, the jurisdiction clause doesn´t apply to you.

You realize that if they’re not subject to US jurisdiction we can’t arrest and prosecute them, right?

124 posted on 11/01/2018 5:09:51 PM PDT by semimojo
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