BC, you have got to stop listening to those folks with GOOGLE University JDs....😉
#1. That is incorrect and a stretch. 1. If the parents are here, illegally or not they a subjected to the jurisdiction of the United States. If what you are saying, then why is the guy who killed LiRi, sitting in jail convicted of a crime? Or folks sitting in Fed Pens convicted of rico, drug traffic, murder etc. If what you said is true, then their cases should be dismissed as the US has no jurisdiction. 2. US citizens in foreign countries that commit certain crimes can be arrested/or the US can request an arrest and extradited to the US, if not extradited then a standing arrest warrant is issued, or non-US citizens that commit crimes against the US in foreign countries that are arrested and prosecuted here. Or better yet, drug runners arrested by the Coast Guard in the Gulf of Mexico/the Pacific/Carribean sea/Atlantic ocen, outside the 100mile range of US waters, that are brought in and prosecuted. If what you're suggesting is correct, there are tons of folks in US fed pens illegally.
2. I know why it was created, it doesn't matter. The language is clear. If it were to only apply to children and decendants of former slaves, logically there are a whole bunch or "illegal" kids in this country. How many, Jewish, italian, irish, polish, etc arrived here after the 1860s who before being naturalized had those "anchor" babies? If what your suggesting is true, a whole bunch of folks need to be deported.
3. The party that essentially overturned Roe v Wade on the strict reading of the Constitution, i.e. abortion isnt mentioned in the Constitution, can't now start talking about the original intent of those who wrote it. Kind of hypocritical don't you think?