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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Netherlands
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2 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

"...and subject to the jurisdiction thereof..."
which could be argued to exclude those illegally in the country.

 

They are excluded, they already can't check the first box (either born in the US or naturalized). "And subject to the jurisdiction thereof" was added to exclude certain people born on US soil as per the USSC in 1898:

 

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[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.

United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)

 

Children born to foreign diplomats who have diplomatic immunity are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

Children of invading army members that have occupied and controlled some part of US territory, born on that occupied part of the United States are obviously not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

Members of Native American tribes were subject to the jurisdiction of their tribal governments and did not pay US taxes when the 14th amendment was passed and were then not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

 

So you have to check both boxes to be an American citizen: 

Either the box 'born on US soil' or 'naturalized' AND the box 'subject to the jurisdiction of the United States'. 

 

Whoever can check two boxes is a citizen.

 

Everyone else in the country only check one box. They are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, but they are not born here nor are they naturalized. Their children born on US soil are citizens as per the 14th amendment.

 

But being naturalized doesn't mean your citizenship can never be revoked. Denaturalization is possible (not common!) for both immigrants and natural born citizens in the following cases:

 

  • Running for Public Office or Working in the Government of a Foreign Country
  • Serving in a Foreign Military
  • Committing an Act of Treason Against the U.S.

 

And for immigrants it is also possible to be denaturalized when:

 

  • You lie during the naturalization process (failure to disclose criminal activities, lying about your identity, willful misrepresentation), on your citizenship application, affidavit, or to a consular official. Even if USCIS doesn't catch you in a lie during the process, they may file a denaturalization action against you even after you gain citizenship.
  • You refuse to testify before a U.S. congressional committee investigating your alleged involvement in subversive acts. Subversive acts are those intended to harm U.S. officials or overthrow the U.S. government. The requirements to testify before Congress expire after ten years. 
  • The U.S. government can prove that you joined a subversive organization like ISIS or Al Qaeda within five years of becoming a naturalized citizen. 
  • You became naturalized by serving in the U.S. armed forces and you are dishonorably discharged before serving five years of military service. 
  • You obtained citizenship illegally.

 

Trump will be going after illegals first and foremost, starting with the ones with severe crimes like murder, sexual assault and drugs- and human trafficking. After those are all gone they will start looking at the lesser offenses, including entering the United States illegally, which IS a crime. Then yes, I believe naturalized people might be at risk if they committed serious crimes. Any good citizen who did not commit any of the crimes above has nothing to fear. About 15% of the US population is naturalized, that is over 50 million people. Only a small handful of those 50 million have a reason to be worried.

 

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If Democrats wonder why Kamala Harris lost, here is a great example.  Remember, there is over 300k missing children that illegally crossed the border, I wonder if some of these Democrat governors that are being vocal about defying Trump, and specifically Holman’s plan to go after the worst criminals can be charged with child trafficking?

 

ICE arrests 3 illegal immigrants in Mass.: 2 charged with child rape, 1 convicted of same crime in Brazil
 

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Boston announced on Wednesday the arrests of two illegal immigrants who have been charged with forcibly raping children in Massachusetts, as well as a third individual who was convicted of raping a child in Brazil, and was hiding in the U.S. after being caught and released at the U.S. border in 2022.

 

The arrests come after Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said her state would not cooperate with President-elect Trump’s federal immigration enforcement efforts once he returns to the Oval Office in January.

 

ICE said one of the suspects, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was arrested for forcible rape of a child, but was released in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, by authorities, who ignored a detainer request made by the federal agency to hold or transfer him to federal custody.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-arrests-3-illegal-immigrants-massachusetts-2-charged-child-rape-1-convicted-same-crime-brazil

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Bureau of Indian Affairs needs a head.

 

I can a think of an ideal candidate.

 

 

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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15 hours ago, Boiler said:

Bureau of Indian Affairs needs a head.

I can a think of an ideal candidate.

Pocahontas Warren, D-Mass!  :dance: 

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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