If you are for this EO, you're against the Constitution and traditional lawmaking processes. So why are you living in Virginia? |
In Virginia, our "brilliant mind" AG is a dumdum. Not sure why you think that's a good thing. |
Explain to me how the EO is unconstitutional? Provide case citations as the plain language of the amendment caveats that those born here must be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. I’m the PP poster that explained this is a matter of interpretation, just like the authority of Congress to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act was a matter of interpretation. |
All it takes is one unwilling employer. |
You can find the case law. It’s not a secret. |
First step: what would it mean to be not subject to the jurisdiction of the US? |
"Subject to the jurisdiction" means that somebody, unless specifically excluded, who is physically present on US soil is under the authority of the US government and its legal system. Being subject to the jurisdiction is how illegal immigrants are rounded up and deported in the first place. You're the pretend lawyer who has been posting here so do your own research on 150 years of precedent. Go ahead and log into your Westlaw instance and tell us what you find. |
If you are a US citizen you have to pay taxes in the US. Isn't that a problem if someone was born here, leaves and stays in their home country and works later? Can someone educate me on that? |
Citizenship is a privilege, not a right. Even legal guest workers are not automatically entitled to US citizenship, illegal aliens - even less so. |
That's correct. And thanks to that privilege, you now have a foreign-born First Lady, a second lady who was born in the US to foreigners on student visas, and a shadow president who was born in South Africa and later attained US citizenship despite having committed visa fraud at some point. |
Virginia's AG, Jason Miyares, is the son of a Cuban mother - he probably wouldn't be a citizen if this were in effect when he was born. |
Not every country has jus sanguinis, or straightforward jus sanguinis. Relative to the biases noted in this thread, for example, India and China do not have straightforward jus sanguinis. |
One of the reasons for the huge backlash against Democrats was the fact they exacerbated and failed to deal with illegal immigration (they only really tried too late and were then thwarted). While birthright citizenship is only one issue of many, wouldn’t it be in their interests to at least deal with it now? Could it be used as a bargain chip for also resolving the dreamer issue which would be a huge win?
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Is it really a problem. If Joe Bloggs has Irish/US citizenship and works in Ireland, he is meant to also submit a US tax return but claim a credit for any Irish taxes paid. Given income tax is generally higher in Ireland, it means he wouldn’t end up pay tax here. It ends up a paper shuffling exercise. |
One of the major problems is the practice of "anchor babies". |