ShaklesOfBigGov
Restore the Republic
More than one guy wrote it. Many contributed to it. Its meaning was then debated. Are you suggesting that the Courts are bound by what one person construed it to mean? Sheer idiocy. Of course, what he wrote above is consistent with what the Courts have held; unless born to an ambassador or his wife or a member of his family who are here as diplomats and therefore "not subject to the jurisdiction" of the laws of the United States, a person born here is a citizen upon birth. So, if you want to apply the Amendment consistent with the intent of one of its drafters, then the Court have been getting it right all of this time.I understand better than you. So do the numerous judges who have held that those born here are citizens.
Right, some leftist judge knows better than the guy who wrote it. Does it hurt to be that gullible?
More than one concurred with the definition, in fact American Indians were excluded under the 14th because they owed allegiance to their tribal nations. That didn't change until the 1920's when congress made them US citizens, by law, what makes illegals any different?
American Indians already occupied this nation, Congress only rightly acknowledged their shared claim to this land that they had previous ownership of. Illegal aliens migrated from another country, have no respect for the laws in this country, and in exchange believe they are entitled to what other immigrants had to endure through the long process of obtaining proper "legal" citizenship. There my friend, is the difference.
The point was Indians were not covered by the 14th because they didn't owe total allegiance to the US, illegals are no different in that respect.
We have other immigrants that desire to be citizens as well, they didn't sneak across any border, they chose to go through the long legal process of following the law. To grant an exception to a particular group of people who have broken the law, is to disrespect those others who obey it. We are a nation of equal rights and opportunities, it is time that we treated ALL immigrants to the same law and standard and not play this political game of "pick and choose" which law applies to which immigrants. I have absolutely no respect for any politician who supports a fast track to citizenship, while those who follow the law have to wait years to achieve the same. It's racist to give special treatment and privilege, to place one group of immigrants over the vast majority of others.