Originally Posted by hallb
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. The "and" ties those two together, no? So you can't just look at the first part of that statement w/out taking into account the last. The whole argument they are trying to make is on the interpretation "subject to the jurisdiction thereof".


Any person on US soil, who is not here on diplomatic purposes, is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Illegals are subject to our laws just like citizens.