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The Disagreement's avatar

Thought you might be interested in checking out our episode about birthright citizenship featuring scholar Cristina Rodriguez from Yale and Rod Martin, fellow Substacker. https://thedisagreement.substack.com/p/birthright-citizenship

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JasonT's avatar

You pretend it is clear.

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Dashboard Poet's avatar

Key phrase is “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” If a diplomat’s child born in the United States is not considered a citizen why would a child born in the United States of illegal aliens be considered one?

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Bruce Lesley's avatar

Babies and children, regardless of their citizenship status of their parents, who are born in the USA are “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” Children born in this country have no other government they are subjected to, except for the children of foreign diplomats and their families. They are under another country’s authority, tax system, and laws.

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Dashboard Poet's avatar

Your logic is illogical.

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