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Originally Posted by Rogerbh
http://www.cis.org/birthright-citizenship This analysis seems to indicate that the 14th Amendment does not grant automatic citizenship to babies born in the US and seems to interpret the "subject to the jurisdiction" as pertaining to the parent's foreign country - not as my plain reading of the section seems to indicate - to the baby.
Congress is supposedly working on this issue - in regards to changing the automatic issuance of citizenship to children born in the US of foreign parents.
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This is what has been indicated by one of the GOP candidates for US president.I won't mention his name because most here do not consider him a serious candidate ,only very few here.After looking at the wording of the 14th, & believe you me, I am far from a scholar on interpritations, or have any legal training on this issue
,but IMO ,I can see why this amendment may not grant legal citizenship to women's children born here, if the said women who give birth here to children,who have not immigrated here legally?Or even come here to take advantage of the "jus soli" right in this country.
Canada ,I believe recently has looked into clarification of this,"citizenship definition", by visiting of women that practice "birther tourism",to even to exclude women who visit Canada legally,for the sole purpose of giving birth to anchor babies on Canadian soil, & the children may not automatically given citizenship.Nor illegal immigrant women there who give birth in Canada can claim, their children are entitled to Canadian citizenship, in most cases, if they were ,or are successful in the future,to change their "birther" issue law?
http://www.cicnews.com/2014/08/gover...on-083672.html
It appears a few nations already clarified this "birth tourism" issue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_tourism
IMO & there is only "one" Candidate here would challenge the
"jus soli" interpretation of the 14th amendment.Even if this has to be clarified by an addendum to this archaic amendment,as most constitutional amendments & statements, are out dated by modern times & vague in interpritations, due to a changing world,some times 200 years into future , laws can be reworked to adjust to our new WW society , & those who take advantage of these archaic laws,that need to be delved into,for the sake of retaining our status as a Nation,by definition, of boarders,language,culture, & laws.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli