I am talking about the amendment to eliminate birthright citizenship and end the peoples right to be citizens by being born on American soil. Birthright citizenship is a bedrock principle found not in law but in the Constitution. The 14th Amendment states clearly that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." For 115 years the obvious and plain meaning that people born on American soil are American citizens has been affirmed before the Supreme Court and can only be changed by a constitutional amendment. My colleague from Louisiana instead presents a bill and tries to argue with the Supreme Court and the English language by claiming undocumented immigrants are not subject to the jurisdiction thereof. Is he suggesting. for example. that if an undocumented immigrant was brought to court. he or she wouldnt be subject to the courts jurisdiction? Clearly not. And the civil rights leaders who drafted the 14th Amendment didnt think so either.
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