Originally Posted By: craigd
Originally Posted By: AmarilloMike
Well, of course that mother is going to want to take her baby with her.

When he is old enough he can move back if he wants to. He is a citizen after all.

Hey Geo, do you have a thought on this?

Does the Constitution, or any of its Amendments, or any law actually grant citizenship to the US born offspring of an Illegal alien, or legal alien for that matter? Is it fact or accepted interpreted opinion? Just wondering is all, no big deal if you don't.


I have a thought but not an answer. My thought is that breaking up familys is wrong. As to the constitutional question, I'm no more help.

The question turns on the words "under the jurisdition of" or something like that. Seems likely that the Court could hold that someone here illegally is not within our jurisdiction, hell we don't even officially know they're here.

On the other hand its always been accepted that if you can tag base by being born on US soil, you are automatically a citizen. Are foreign embassy staff who are here legally and who give birth here having American babies?...Geo