US EditionConventional wisdom won't hold up in court
- The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to persons born in the United States subject to its jurisdiction.
- Its authors specified citizenship applied only to those under United States political authority.
- Senator Lyman Trumbull, an architect, stated it meant 'not owing allegiance to anybody else'.
- The 1898 Supreme Court case United States v. Wong Kim Ark examined this clause narrowly.
- The court granted citizenship to children of lawful residents but did not address those unlawfully present.
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NH JournalCounterpoint: Conventional Wisdom Behind Birthright Citizenship Is Wrong
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Conventional wisdom won't hold up in court
The belief that anyone born in the United States automatically becomes an American citizen is widely accepted but untrue.
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