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'''Birthright Citizenship''' is the [[liberal]] unauthorized practice of granting U.S. citizenship to children born in the [[United States]] to parents who are [[illegal aliens]] or otherwise not lawfully and permanently in the [[United States]]. This practice is based on a liberal misreading of the first sentence of the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] (1868), which reads, "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" (emphasis added).

'''Birthright Citizenship''' is the [[liberal]] falsehood of asserting that anyone born in the [[United States]] is automatically an [[American]] citizen, even if born to parents who are [[illegal aliens]] or otherwise not lawfully and permanently in the [[United States]]. This practice is based on a liberal misreading of the first sentence of the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] (1868), which reads, "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" (emphasis added).

Children of [[illegal alien]]s and other foreigners here on merely a temporary basis are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the [[United States]] permanently, just as children born on military bases and in foreign countries to [[American]] citizens are not permanently subject to foreign jurisdictions. The purpose of the amendment was to ensure that former slaves were granted full civil rights, including the right to vote. Given this context, the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" can reasonably be interpreted to mean that children born here to foreign citizens are citizens of the countries of their parents, not the [[United States]].<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/donald-trump-end-birthright-citizenship-by-executive-order/</ref>

Children of [[illegal alien]]s and other foreigners here on merely a temporary basis are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the [[United States]] permanently, just as children born on military bases and in foreign countries to [[American]] citizens are not permanently subject to foreign jurisdictions. The purpose of the amendment was to ensure that former slaves were granted full civil rights, including the right to vote. Given this context, the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" can reasonably be interpreted to mean that children born here to foreign citizens are citizens of the countries of their parents, not the [[United States]].<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/donald-trump-end-birthright-citizenship-by-executive-order/</ref>

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