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Enacted after the Civil War to guarantee citizenship to the freed slaves and their descendants, the Fourteenth Amendment dictates that those persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States receive birthright citizenship. This phrase has, over the decades, developed an absurd meaning that is incorrect and incentivizes illegal immigration. Like the children of foreign ambassadors or invading armies, illegal immigrants are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Rather, they are foreign citizens subject to the jurisdiction of their home countries. For this reason, illegal immigrants cannot serve in the military or in government. Instead, they come to the United States and obtain jobs in secret, paid under the table, to avoid detection.https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mike-davis-why-scotus-must-affirm-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order