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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 3803524" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>"And subject to the jurisdiction thereof" is the part in dispute.  If a immigrant comes here illegally, and is still a subject of a foreign jurisdiction, the argument is that her child born here would be subject to that jurisdiction also.  And of course the 14th was drawn up to address the citizenship of former slaves, so very possibly it's intent was never intended to include children of foreign nationals born here.</p></blockquote><p></p>