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No I do not think it is a great idea and that it should be allowed to continue unabated. But the method that Trump is proposing, to say illegal aliens are not under the jurisdiction of the US, is even worse. [/QUOTE]
The whole "under the jurisdiction" was meant to cover the freed slaves in 1868 when the amendment was passed. They truly were "under the jurisdiction".
Illegal aliens are not.
The Supreme Court even ruled that Native American Indians were not "under the jurisdiction" and gave them citizenship on a case-by-case basis until Congress granted all of them citizenship in 1924.
This isn't quite as black and white as it appears.
But again...I would simply send the parents back home and make them take their kids with them. Let the kids be citizens. But make them live with their parents in the parent's home country until they are of legal age.
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