The Court directly said in that case. no. the 14th Amendment does not make American Indian children automatically U.S. citizensbased on the specific language I am citing. Because of that. it wasnt until the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 was passed. explicitly making those children American citizens. that they became American citizens. Much more recently. respected jurists such as Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit wrote in a 2003 case: Congress would not be flouting the Constitution if it amended the Immigration and Nationality Act to put an end to the nonsense. Talking specifically about birthright citizenship. So I hope we get through these excuses. these flawed constitutional arguments. these flawed arguments. Really. they are excuses to avoid the debate. to avoid the issue. to avoid giving any reason why we should not go to the rule I am proposing. Why we should. in fact. recognize any child physically born in this country as automatically a U.S. citizen. even if neither parent is a citizen. neither parent is here in the country legally. neither parent is a green card holder. neither parent is a serving member of the U.S. Armed Services. As I explained at the beginning. this is a very real. in fact. exploding phenomenon.
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