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Also birthright citizenship is a result of the 14th amendment. Which is a fundamental protection against arbitrary interference by the government in the lives o
by qtplatypus 7y ago
Also birthright citizenship is a result of the 14th amendment. Which is a fundamental protection against arbitrary interference by the government in the lives of its people. This is not something that should be lightly "fixed".
- burfog 7y agoPossibly, but there's this part of the 14th amendment: "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" The child of a foreign ambassador is thus not a US citizen. The situation seems similar for an unauthorized person, if not more so. The fact that we currently award citizenship by birth to unauthorized people does not mean that the 14th amendment requires us to continue doing so.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoAmbassadors have special immunity against US jurisdiction. Unauthorized persons do not; in fact they are routinely arrested which is very much 'subject to the jurisdiction'?