‘In the United States it would seem that the children of foreigners in transient residence are not citizens’
By Bob Unruh
The White House has dropped a stunning document showing that historically, the experts over the years never have considered those born of foreign parents in the United States to be U.S. citizens.
It’s the exact position President Donald Trump took when he issued an executive order months ago stating that children of illegal aliens are not, in fact, U.S. citizens.
He was sued immediately over that statement.
His perspective, if affirmed by the courts, would decimate the birth tourism industry, where foreigners break into the United States and have children, who then are considered citizens and anchors for their foreigner parents.
In fact, the Constitution calls people U.S. citizens if they are born in the United States “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”
The current argument is over just exactly what constitutes being subject to the jurisdiction thereof.
Bob Barney:
Like everything Trump says these days, partly right, partly wrong. I agree that those born of immigrant parents in the past was not eligible to be a President, but were themselves citizens! They could run for the House, Senate and vote. Just a fact check