There, I said it.
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Yes I don’t believe this issue has been decided by supremes yet. Natural born been assumed to mean native born but many scholars believe it means parents are American. So this would mean no anchor babies.
It's kind of difficult to get around because birthright citizenship is explicitly laid out in the 14th amendment.
The 14th amendment was meant for slavery at the time, not for birth tourists, or someone entering the country unlawfully while pregnant, or anything else resembling that. Children born to military parents while stationed overseas are not citizens of that country the parent was stationed in, they are American citizens.
The Issue is the clause “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof”,
I.e. foreigners are subject to foreign jurisdiction. Implying not native-born citizenship but from parents. At time they did not consider Native American tribes as citizens because of this.
When is one subject to the United States? That is a term that warrants limitation, as the western hemisphere is subject to the USA .....
The 14th amendment made every one a citizen-slave to the USA INC ...
Aren't foreigners in the US subject to US jurisdiction?
Almost always, yes, they are subject to US jurisdiction. The exception is visiting diplomats and heads of state.
Send them all back