Mr. Speaker. I think that we must also recognize that the Supreme Court has never ruled on the issue of automatic citizenship for the children of illegal aliens. In fact. in the one case that is pointed out so often. the Wong Kim Ark case back in the late 1880s. the court ruled specifically that his parents were legal residents and that legal residents owe allegiance and owe loyalty and must obey the law. And by their legally immigrating. they showed that they were obedient to the Federal Government and the Government of the United States. and that they were "subject to the jurisdiction" by getting permission to enter this country legally. That definition does not fall on those who have broken our laws and immigrated illegally. In fact. the case that we are referred to again and again is a 1608 case in England. the Calvin case. that says that people who have obligational loyalties get citizenship. those who do not do not get automatic citizenship. In the words of the English. in their flowery way of saying it. they say it is the loyalty and the obedience. not the soil and not the climate that render citizenship.
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