RE: Should birthright citizenship be eliminated in the US?

Pumabydesign001 - November 1 2018, 1:00 PM

No. Pursuant to a SCOTUS ruling, "The correct interpretation of the 14th Amendment is that an illegal alien mother is subject to the jurisdiction of her native country, as is her baby."

The 14th Amendment is clearly being taken advantage of in the form of birthright citizenship.

The 14th Amendment ratified in 1868 occurred during the Resconstruction Period post the recent ending of slavery of which was strongly opposed by Democrats.

THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE 14th AMENDMENT (thanks to the Republican Party) is as follows:

"Post-Civil War reforms focused on injustices to African Americans.

The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 to protect the rights of native-born Black Americans, whose rights were being denied as recently-freed slaves.

It was written in a manner so as to prevent state governments from ever denying citizenship to blacks born in the United States.

But in 1868, the United States had no formal immigration policy, and the authors therefore saw no need to address immigration explicitly in the amendment.

Senator Jacob Howard worked closely with Abraham Lincoln in drafting and passing the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which abolished slavery.

He also served on the Senate Joint Committee on Reconstruction, which drafted the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

In 1866, Senator Jacob Howard clearly spelled out the intent of the 14th Amendment by stating:

"Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States.

This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons.

It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States.

This has long been a great desideratum in the jurisprudence and legislation of this country."

This understanding was reaffirmed by Senator Edward Cowan, who stated[...]

Continue Reading here, 14thamendment.us/birthright_citizenship/original_intent.html

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