"Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
Those in the USA illegally are specifically evading the jurisdiction of the federal government.
This was the consistent interpretation and practice all the way into the 1960s.
Those in the USA illegally are specifically evading the jurisdiction of the federal government.
This was the consistent interpretation and practice all the way into the 1960s.