Eric
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Retired political and competitive intelligence consultant, PI, CFE, fraud professional in tech. Food and wine enthusiast. Love soccer (Everton, Timbers), college basketball (Jayhawks), and music (punk, HxC, metal, jazz)
![Hans von Spakovsky arguing at the Heritage Foundation that the 14th Amendment doesn’t guarantee birthright citizenship.
Critics erroneously believe that anyone present in the United States has “subjected” himself “to the jurisdiction” of the United States, which would extend citizenship to the children of tourists, diplomats, and illegal aliens alike.
But that is not what that qualifying phrase means. Its original meaning refers to the political allegiance of an individual and the jurisdiction that a foreign government has over that individual.
The fact that a tourist or illegal alien is subject to our laws and our courts if they violate our laws does not place them within the political “jurisdiction” of the United States as that phrase was defined by the framers of the 14th Amendment.
This amendment’s language was derived from the 1866 Civil Rights Act, which provided that “[a]ll persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power” would be considered citizens.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:apmsu6hrxc6o7jvbdbtfn7c3/bafkreifgfnvn5okkgnvulhxma3dqlqipowalur7nhmhdgf764jxqsthp7m)
