The Post & Email 12/14/2023
A bill introduced on December 8 in the U.S. House of Representatives seeks to define the scope of a key phrase of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment with the purpose of abolishing “birthright citizenship,” or the bestowing of citizenship on anyone born within the United States by whatever means.
The 14th-Amendment phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” is not only often omitted from mainstream news reporting, but also from the webpage of the U.S. Senate and from other authoritative sources, thereby arguably misleading readers.
The U.S. Senate claims:
Passed by the Senate on June 8, 1866, and ratified two years later, on July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons “born or naturalized in the United States,” including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states.
Source: U.S. Senate
In actuality, Section 1 of the amendment begins:
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.
The bill’s originator, Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX36), in an interview Tuesday told Newsmax the practice of awarding U.S. citizenship to anyone physically born in the country arose from a “misinterpretation” of the 14th Amendment as part of “the policies” arising out of “the open border.”
In a press release dated December 8, Babin described his bill as intended to “end birth tourism” and “combat illegal immigration,” which has reportedly reached record-breaking levels under the Biden White House.
In his statement, Babin identified “Section 1” of the 14th Amendment as having become subject to “misapplication,” resulting in the designation of children born “to foreign nationals – from illegal migrants to tourists to refugees – ” as U.S. citizens by “birthright.”
The bill is supported by 21 other congressmen, the press release states, including Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL19), Rep. Bob Good (R-VA5), Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX21), and Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ02).
More:
https://www.thepostemail.com/2023/12/14/proposed-bill-takes-on-14th-amendments-subject-to-the-jurisdiction-clause/ 
