Then I'll take this opportunity to apologize, since that was not typical for me. But, damn it, Luis, you're not even conceding the possibility that birthright citizenship at its root is not helping the everyday American, or that the constitution never saw the possibility of Mexico being complicit in easing its indigent population problem through export, nor that the Constitution ever intended birthright citizenship to apply to illegal aliens, or that it might be stirring up a backlash and send events spiraling out of control.
That's not what is being discussed.
The Constitution very much intended to confer birthright citizenship. I provided quotes pulled from the Congressional record proving that point, however the problem of illegal immigration as we know it right now was not considered
because it didn't exist then. The antecedents of those who today make up the bulk of the illegal alien population simply moved back and forth over the border at will as they had for God knows how long.
So (amazingly enough) I agree with Cruz on this issue:
1. The Constitution confers birthright citizenship, and
2. We need to change that.
Both points are valid and not conflicting.
If conservatives take up a fight to prove that every SCOTUS decision that has agreed that the XIV Amendment confers birthright citizenship was wrong, just as Cruz says, they will lose.
If conservatives try to amend the Constitution, it won't get done.
if the States try to take matters into their own hands, the Federal government will (rightly) smack them down.
The way to do this is to FIRST minimize the problem by controlling the borders (and no, I don't for one minute think that the Great Wall of Donald is the end all to end all), then by enacting legislation to modify the way we handle people who are in here without proper authorization and their families.
And no, we're not deporting 11 million people and anyone who thinks otherwise is engaging in political fantasy role play.
