Should the U.S. pass the Birthright Citizenship Act?

[Homer]

[a777pilot]

again......


When all is said and done, the fact remains, that the legal status of those born in the United States of parents that are here illegally has never been decided by the Supreme Court. It needs to be. The 14th Amendment does not address that issue. If the Court says they are citizen, then we will all have an answer. Till then we are only expressing our opinions.....not fact.

[exploited]

[Spider]

[a777pilot]

[Spider]

The 14th doesn't stipulate any legal requirement for the parents whatsoever. It simply states that you have to exit the birth canal while on this side of the imaginary line, regardless of who or what your parents are. Anyone on this side of that line is subject to US jurisdiction, since of course the US exercises sovereignty over it.

Its very simple, and you're working hard to obfuscate it.

[exploited]

[a777pilot]

Yes, that is the case, but the Court used the reasoning of Mr. Wong's lawyers that his parents were here legally, so he was under the jurisdiction of the laws of the US. Who knows what the Court might have said if his parents were here illegally. That issue still needs to be addressed.

[exploited]

[Thor]

I believe one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in United States history is the intentional misapplication and misuse of the 14th Amendment to make anchor babies U.S. citizens. It ought to be done away with.