Post #36161 by onepoorguy on the US Policy board

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Well, yeah. That's the crux of this entire thing: you're caught doing an illegal thing. You are in violation of the US criminal code. Why should children you have be afforded US citizenship, as the fruit of the illegal act?

All questions that need to be resolved.

But, as has been explained, that particular question [my bold] is resolved with a very unambiguous amendment (the 14th). The US government does not have the power to declare someone born here not to be a citizen. It's really that simple. And, as I said, you wouldn't want them to have that power. That would be ripe for abuse.

Remember, the Constitution generally limits the power of the government, not expands it. The 14th is one such example.

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