"Framer of the Fourteenth Amendments first section, John Bingham, said this
language meant "every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United
States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the
language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen." As applied to
aliens, this meant those aliens who first declared their intent to become
citizens of the United States, and who had renounced their allegiance to
some other sovereignty as required under U.S. naturalization laws."
You can pull your head out of your ass now.
"J. J. Farrell" wrote in message
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> GeekBoy wrote:
>>
>> "John Rohan" wrote in message
>> news:9cba661b-ae2a-434d-8cf2-5799556b8baf@v3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>>> On 26 Feb., 19:58, thedarkoneli...@... wrote:
>>>> I've heard for years about laws that entice illegals to jump the
>>>> border - to the effect that if they give birth in the U.S. no matter
>>>> the status of the mother and father, the baby is automatically a
>>>> citizen and gives the parents different status than simply "illegal".
>>>> I believe I've seen this referred to as an "anchor baby".
>>>>
>>>> Specifically what statutes or laws are these, where can I find more
>>>> info including who was responsible for drafting such laws in the first
>>>> place, and why despite outrage over illegal immigration within the US
>>>> population, such laws that would seem to be an obvious incentive to
>>>> cross illegally have remained in effect.
>>>
>>> The law is the 14th ammendment to the US constitution which states:
>>> "Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and
>>> subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States
>>> and of the state wherein they reside."
>>>
>>> I disagree that this means that children born to people illegally in
>>> the US are automatically citizens, but unfortunately, that's how the
>>> courts have interpreted it.
>>
>>
>> That is incorrect.
>>
>> Allowing them to get citizenship is covered under the Federal Immigration
>> and Nationality Act (Title 8 USC)
>
> Yet more nonsense. Do you ever post anything that is factually correct?
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