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There are only a few cases that deal with citizenship at birth in the US
Sailor's Snug Harbor: Nothing is better settled at the common law than the doctrine that the children even of aliens born in a country while the parents are resident there under the protection of the government and owing a temporary allegiance thereto are subjects by birth. Requires the parents to be resident, i.e. legally residing in the country.
Elk v. Wilkins: Indians
United States v. Wong Kim Ark: is born in the United States of parents who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of a foreign power whose parents have a permanent domicile and residence in the United State whose parents are there carrying on business and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity of the foreign power to which they are subject becomes, at the time of his birth, a citizen of the United States by virtue of the first clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
There is NO case that says children born to illegals are citizens at birth, there is NO case that comes to that conclusion. In fact each case requires the parents to be here domiciled and resident.
Sailor's Snug Harbor: Nothing is better settled at the common law than the doctrine that the children even of aliens born in a country while the parents are resident there under the protection of the government and owing a temporary allegiance thereto are subjects by birth. Requires the parents to be resident, i.e. legally residing in the country.
Elk v. Wilkins: Indians
United States v. Wong Kim Ark: is born in the United States of parents who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of a foreign power whose parents have a permanent domicile and residence in the United State whose parents are there carrying on business and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity of the foreign power to which they are subject becomes, at the time of his birth, a citizen of the United States by virtue of the first clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
There is NO case that says children born to illegals are citizens at birth, there is NO case that comes to that conclusion. In fact each case requires the parents to be here domiciled and resident.
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