Andy Biggs Predicts Supreme Court Will Uphold GOP Push To End 14th Amendment Birthright Citizenship

At a House Republican press briefing, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) predicted the Supreme Court would hold up the Birthright Citizenship Act.

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[dwaneehoward]

I wish people actually read, understood the 14th amendment, and why it was actually created.

[dlbracer]

That is NOT what the 14th Amendment says. There is NO BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. It says: "Subject to the jurisdiction thereof." Persons living in or born in a STATE HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THEM made them CITIZENS in 1868. Persons OCCUPYING SPACE from another country are SUBJECTS OF THAT COUNTRY, THEIR CHILDREN ARE SUBJECTS OF THAT COUNTRY. Not American citizens. It also PRECLUDES the states from depriving citizens of their RIGHTS BY THE STATE through legislation or proclamation (state can not regulate any of the bill of rights EVEN THE 2nd AMENDENT)

[scwps]

The illegal immigrants are still subject to the jurisdiction of the nation they came from and are here illegally.

[tocu]

So, it's not about amending the law, but to correct the interpretation of the law, and to use it accurately as what it's really meant to be.

[Rayjack-mo]

American of African descent I agree 100% ! And we must do something about Dual Citizenship.

[shellystone]

I can’t wait for the US Supreme Court to rule on this issue because I also believe that if the parent is not a citizen, then the child is not a citizen

[SV-nkwe]

This will solve a lot of issues we have with pregnant women risking their lives to come across the border 8 months pregnant, over filling our hospitals, with no abiliy to pay. Why this wasn't done decades ago is beyond me.

[thepigwillfly]

It should end. It sets up a bad incentive and you get more of what you incentivize.

[williamhoffer]

Birthright citizenship should have been rectified years ago!

[kimleverette]

It begins with the parents. They are not citizens...

[GiniaGuin]

Should be...the 14 amendment doesn't state that people who crossed illegally has the right to have a baby be born legally as a citizen in the USA. 😏

[choco.es.unlimited]

14th amendment was for us and not the world

[ZimCrusher]

Most educated people (who grew up looking for information, rather than offense) know that the 14th was designed to make sure the children of salves were US citizens. It was not designed as an anchor point for invaders.

[Jaysen]

A child born in the US shouldn't be a citizen, unless the parent is a citizen.

[elainechang]

We need to finish birthright citizenship .
I am a foreign born american . I am myself watching our system
abused.
Free hospital stay and food stamp frdd educations
Some foreigner say US citizenship is gift to their children

[stevematthews]

Please read the Amendment! Just like the Supreme Court ruled in Bruen, the text, history, and tradition of the 14th Amendment NEVER gave Birthright Citizenship.

[ewa]

There is no need to change the 14th amendment. It just needs clarification from Supreme Court. Birthright citizenship actually only applies on permanent resident/US citizens only. Jurisdiction just means if US has controlled over it. For example, Puerto Rico, it’s a different nation but US has jurisdiction on it, because of this, all citizens of Puerto Rico are US citizens.

[stokedamoor]

A child can only be what the parents are point blank.

[christinecupic]

So good to listen to educated, clever people, at last!!

[lorico]

Have “neighbors” bragging they cranked out a kid just recently so they are “set” . So glad we have Trump.