CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTrump Says He’s Moving Forward With Ending Birthright Citizenship After Supreme Court Gives OKtruthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square249fedilinkarrow-up1603arrow-down115
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minus-squareWalnutLum@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoThe problem is and has always been “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” People have been twisting that to mean that anyone that isn’t born to American citizen parents means that you are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
minus-squarekryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·1 month agoFunny because that sounds to me like the "illegals"can’t be illegal then. Sounds like they’re not subject to the law anymore.
The problem is and has always been “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof”
People have been twisting that to mean that anyone that isn’t born to American citizen parents means that you are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
Funny because that sounds to me like the "illegals"can’t be illegal then. Sounds like they’re not subject to the law anymore.