The 14th Amendment was originally written following the Civil War to grant citizenship to the children of slaves. In following years as Levin points out several amendments were made leading to the citizenship clause. For those who will argue against the intent of the 14th Amend & citizenship clause Levin cites Senator Jacob Howard, the AUTHOR of the citizenship clause, who made it clear foreign-born (aliens) are NOT entitled to citizenship! “…the author of the citizenship clause intended to count foreigners, aliens and those born to ambassadors, foreign ministers, as outside the jurisdiction of the United States.”
The Great One also cited “Senator Lyman Trumbull, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a powerful supporter of the Fourteenth Amendment, remarked on May 30, 1866, that the jurisdiction clause includes those ‘not owing allegiance to anybody else. It’s only those persons who come completely within our jurisdiction, who are subject to our laws, that we think of making citizens; and there can be no objection to the proposition that such persons should be citizens.’”
In a nutshell the law (14th Amend) like most on the books has been abused, taken out of context and completely perverted. I think we all know who is responsible for the perversion of this law and why Donald Trump is resonating with Americans. Illegal aliens do not have a right to come to the US, have anchor babies so they can stay while draining our social entitlement system they never paid into. They have to go.
How? Make life very uncomfortable for them!
First we need a wall built to keep illegals out AND then the incentives for them to come here removed. The free stuff and idea of citizenship by birth has to end. Too many businesses and institutions are catering to illegal aliens with bilingual signage and phone messaging. “Press #1 for English” needs to be stopped. Companies requesting spanish speaking applicants must be stopped. Schools providing spanish speaking teachers has to end. Life has been made for too easy for an illegal to exist in the US. They aren’t in the shadows they are right out in the open because this govt and many companies bow down to them! We don’t need any new laws, we need the ones already on the books enforced and those who violate them punished to send a clear message enough is enough.
