cosmonautkatyusha on Nostr: I don't think anyone has brought this up (I'm sure it's because most of you know this ...
I don't think anyone has brought this up (I'm sure it's because most of you know this but I'll post it anyway for good measure), but the whole "birthright citizenship" comes from the 14th amendment, I believe it is. The 13th amendment covers the end of slavery and the banning of slavery in the US and also the freeing of slaves held in the US.
The 14th amendment was made to go hand-in-hand with this because the freed slaves, most of them anyway, were not from africa per say, they were children/decendants of those slaves brought over generations before. So it basically covered the loophole of what would happen to freed slaves and the question of their citizenship. Slaves imported from africa were NOT US citizens, but slaves born to african slaves would be.
So that's essentially where the birthright citizenship comes from. It was just to settle the dispute over what to do with US soil born slaves. Centuries later it was being taken advantage of by migrants and (((you know who))) as a loop hole to cast an anchor across the border and ground themselves in our lands. It is irrelevant to now times and was never meant for what it is used for today.
The 14th amendment was made to go hand-in-hand with this because the freed slaves, most of them anyway, were not from africa per say, they were children/decendants of those slaves brought over generations before. So it basically covered the loophole of what would happen to freed slaves and the question of their citizenship. Slaves imported from africa were NOT US citizens, but slaves born to african slaves would be.
So that's essentially where the birthright citizenship comes from. It was just to settle the dispute over what to do with US soil born slaves. Centuries later it was being taken advantage of by migrants and (((you know who))) as a loop hole to cast an anchor across the border and ground themselves in our lands. It is irrelevant to now times and was never meant for what it is used for today.