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Neither you nor that heritage foundation (an incredibly biased and anti-immagrant organization) have read the supreme court decision which I linked to. To save you time, I will quote the relevant commentary by the justice:

> [T]he Fourteenth Amendment affirms the ancient and fundamental rule of citizenship by birth within the territory, in the allegiance and under the protection of the country, including all children here born of resident aliens, with the exceptions or qualifications (as old as the rule itself) of children of foreign sovereigns or their ministers, or born on foreign public ships, or of enemies within and during a hostile occupation of part of our territory, and with the single additional exception of children of members of the Indian tribes owing direct allegiance to their several tribes. The Amendment, in clear words and in manifest intent, includes the children born, within the territory of the United States, of all other persons, of whatever race or color, domiciled within the United States.






What do you suppose "in the allegiance and under the protection of the country" means?

I would assume that is in reference to the other quoted conditions, such as:

- children of foreign sovereigns or their ministers

- enemies within and during a hostile occupation of part of our territory

As in both such cases, the described would NOT be "in the allegiance and under the protection of the country".


Do foreign nationals who entered the United States illegal owe allegiance to the US?



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