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"all persons born or naturalized"...
July 28, 1868: Following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including formerly enslaved people—is officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution. Secretary of State William Seward issues a proclamation certifying the amendment.
July 28, 1868: Following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including formerly enslaved people—is officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution. Secretary of State William Seward issues a proclamation certifying the amendment.
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CW4 William Kessinger
Hope they do as its become misused by many since then. Meant for slaves born into the US to give the resident rights not automatic in the late 1800’s.
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The phrase “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” originally excluded three and only three groups of people, but now only applies to the first two:
(1) Children born to foreign diplomats here on diplomatic business, who have diplomatic immunity to US Law;
(2) Children of members of an invading army that has occupied and controlled some part of US territory, born on that occupied area, who are obviously not subject to US Law (which has rarely happened in the US, although Guam was occupied during WWII, and parts of Alaska, and small parts of Maine during the War of 1812); and
(3) Members of Native American tribes, subject to the jurisdiction of their tribal governments, who do not pay US taxes. This was true when the 14th amendment was passed, but it no longer is. Since the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 was passed, all Native Americans born within the US have been citizens by birth.
(1) Children born to foreign diplomats here on diplomatic business, who have diplomatic immunity to US Law;
(2) Children of members of an invading army that has occupied and controlled some part of US territory, born on that occupied area, who are obviously not subject to US Law (which has rarely happened in the US, although Guam was occupied during WWII, and parts of Alaska, and small parts of Maine during the War of 1812); and
(3) Members of Native American tribes, subject to the jurisdiction of their tribal governments, who do not pay US taxes. This was true when the 14th amendment was passed, but it no longer is. Since the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 was passed, all Native Americans born within the US have been citizens by birth.
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