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> Francisco Galicia told his mother, who lives in Edinburg, that he was detained because he didn’t have his U.S. passport. But she said he did present CBP with
by apo 7y ago
> Francisco Galicia told his mother, who lives in Edinburg, that he was detained because he didn’t have his U.S. passport. But she said he did present CBP with his Texas ID.
By this standard, I suspect at least half the US population could be rounded up and held unconstitutionally:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/after/passport-statistics.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/after/p...
The article doesn't give much to go on regarding details of th case. FWIW, the idea that being born on US soil makes you a citizen (as plainly stated in the 14th amendment) appears to still be controversial:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthright_citizenship_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthright_citizenship_in_th...
- jumelles 7y agoEven a passport isn't necessarily enough anymore: "A US-born Marine veteran who served in Afghanistan had his US passport, a REAL ID driver’s license, a military ID card, and his US Marine Corps dog tags with him when he was arrested by police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which held him for three days before his lawyer demanded his release, according to the ACLU of Michigan." https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/us-born-marine-ice-detained-passport https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/us-born-ma...
- jki275 7y agoThe plain language of the 14th qualifies that statement. The debate is over what the qualifier (subject to the jurisdiction thereof) means. The 14th is a far more complex topic than you're making it out to be.