That the open borders/illegal immigrant people seem to gloss over. They point to the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States to state that it is constitutional for a child born in the USA to be a citizen even though their parents are in the country illegally.
A simple read of that amendment tells completely different story:
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. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The six words that I have highlighted state that the parents must be subject to the jurisdiction thereof (ie: the laws of the United States). In other words, the parents need to be lawful citizens of the USA for this section to hold true.
It will be interesting to see what happens with the convoy - we will have about 6,000 troops at the crossings. It is not like this has not happened before - from The Smithsonian:
The U.S. Government Turned Away Thousands of Jewish Refugees, Fearing That They Were Nazi Spies
(excerpted)
World War II prompted the largest displacement of human beings the world has ever seen—although today's refugee crisis is starting to approach its unprecedented scale. But even with millions of European Jews displaced from their homes, the United States had a poor track record offering asylum. Most notoriously, in June 1939, the German ocean liner St. Louis and its 937 passengers, almost all Jewish, were turned away from the port of Miami, forcing the ship to return to Europe; more than a quarter died in the Holocaust.
If that was what was waiting for these people in their homeland then sure, let them in. But, I think not. The convoy is pure politics by the Democrats. Crash the system so they can step in and install their own government. How do you move 10,000 people. Provide footwear, food, sanitation, medicine. This is not grass roots - major forces are doing this under cover. 10,000 people spontaneously get up and march? If you believe that, I have a nice bridge in New York City that you might be interested in buying. A little old but it is a classic.
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