• jj4211@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    So when someone has tried to rationalize ending birthright citizenship, they fixate in the “and subject to the jusrisdiction”.

    So they argue that a child born to parents who are citizens elsewhere are subject to the jurisdiction of the parents country of origin. To make this leap they say that language matching the intent should have been “and exclusively subject to the jurisdiction”. Or else they might claim it can only apply to parents legally in the country, but that didn’t let them block visa holders like they would want.

    So technically it shouldn’t still be able to make stateless individuals even with their rationalization, but that is of no comfort in any practical terms.