The issue really before us is the issue of who qualifies for automatic citizenship in the United States by right of birth. Now. many of us assume that if we are born on U.S. territory. no matter what the situation. we get automatic citizenship. The fact is. here in Washington and in New York the diplomats and their children do not get automatic citizenship in the United States. because the Fourteenth Amendment clearly states that not all persons born in the United States are given citizenship. only those who are born or naturalized and who are subject to the jurisdiction thereof. Now. that conditioning clause has been interpreted in many different ways over the hundred years and plus that it has been in effect. The definition of "subject to the jurisdiction" has clearly stated that the children of diplomats do not get automatic citizenship. and that is not a punitive action.
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