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A Line-by-Line Breakdown of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order (www.thenation.com)
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[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 7 points 11 months ago

You know, the "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" argument being implicitly extended to cover second-generation immigrants should if taken seriously, imply that these people aren't actually obligated to follow US law, which presumably includes immigration law. You know, if you go by a text-first originalist interpretation of the constitution and the law.