"GeekBoy" wrote in
news:47c4e396$0$24088$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:
> "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.
Well, then John should have written that into the Amendment. He didn't,
and his opinion doesn't mean squat now.
And the "nonsense" comment was directed to your assertion about Title 8,
which was, well, nonsense.
> "J. J. Farrell" wrote in message
> news:fq2ie6$1oa6$1@energise.enta.net...
>> 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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