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Article: The Chicago Tribune Eric Zorn column.(Column)
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- August 27, 2006
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Byline: Eric Zorn
Aug. 27--Why is the 7-year-old son of Elvira Arellano a U.S. citizen?
Because even though she is an illegal immigrant still defying a deportation order by holing up in a West Side church, he was born here. And the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." From this answer, though, comes three other, related questions. First, does that hedgy clause "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" in the middle of this otherwise unambiguous declaration mean that it still applies to illegal immigrants? ...