The Snyder Act and Birthright Citizenship

It has been settled in every criminal and civil case ever before the courts. The first step of any court case is settling jurisdiction. If you do not settle that, it is impossible to have a court case. This is the most settled law in common law.
Elk_v._Wilkins
In a 7–2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that even though Elk was born in the United States, he was not a citizen because he owed allegiance to his tribe when he was born rather than to the United States, and therefore was not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States when he was born. The United States Congress later enacted the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, which established citizenship for Indians previously excluded by the Constitution.

 
The real question on the table is:

If a child is born to foreign citizen parents while in the US and those parents are committing the crime of illegal immigration--yes, it is a fucking crime--should their child or they benefit from their criminal activity?

If you say yes, the child should be given citizenship, then you are arguing that the parents, and child, get to benefit from the commission of a crime.

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