Who started the rumor about the babies of immigrants, both legal and illegal?

Question

were legally and automatically American citizens when born in America?

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Please read the following link

http://federalistblog.us/2005/12/birthright_citizenship_fable.html

Guys I did some digging regarding the Constitution Amendment XIV, Section 1 - and this is what I found.

"The rule of the common law I understand to be that a person 'born in a strange country, under the obedience of a strange prince or country, is an alien' (Co. Litt. 128b), and that every person owes allegiance to the country of his birth' (13 Ops. Attys. Gen. U. S. 89-91)."

Which still suggests that those born here by non- naturalized citizens who have come here both legally and illegally, are in deed not citizens of the US. Even though they are within jurisdiction, they do not have allegiance to the US through physical birth alone. Meaning in order for them to have allegiance to the US - their parents had to of or have to be sworn in as American citizens before their births. Then their babies also become American citizens because their parents have given up their citizenship to their proper countries from which them came.

Answer 1

The piece of the constitution you cite doesn't say anything about people born in the US. It refers specifically to those born outside the US as being aliens. People born in the US, regardless of the legal status of their parents, are entitled to US citizenship.

Is that policy good, bad, or indifferent - I really don't know. But that's the law.

Answer 2

The U.S. Constitution.

Amendment XIV, Section 1: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Answer 3

The US adopts the principle of "jus soli" in determining citizenship wherein those born in the US are considered as American citizens.