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Possibly, 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. T
by burfog 7y ago
Possibly, 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'?