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Doesn't "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" just mean colonies are included?

If you're not part of the USA but you're subject to are juri...
Racy Point Telephone
  12/08/25
You're ESL?
Pink property
  12/08/25
Think it was meant to exclude the Indians mostly. They were...
exciting alpha
  12/08/25
I'm sure that was the original intent, but I think we've bee...
Racy Point Telephone
  12/08/25
Jesus, the Jones Act
Motley canary travel guidebook
  12/08/25
Don't we just give citizenship to anyone born anywhere nomin...
Racy Point Telephone
  12/08/25
No, Puerto Rican citizenship is by statute American Samo...
Motley canary travel guidebook
  12/08/25


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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:36 PM
Author: Racy Point Telephone

If you're not part of the USA but you're subject to are jurisdiction, doesn't that just mean you're like Cuba or Guam? Isn't that why we gave citizenship to people born in Panama?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808150&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49495414)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: Pink property

You're ESL?

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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:38 PM
Author: exciting alpha

Think it was meant to exclude the Indians mostly. They were granted citizenship only later, in 1924.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808150&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49495416)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:41 PM
Author: Racy Point Telephone

I'm sure that was the original intent, but I think we've been giving citizenship to Puerto Ricans all this time based on the premise that the 14th Amendment mandates it. Indians only got citizenship through an act of Congress, but Puerto Ricans got it straight out of the 14th Amendment, I believe.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808150&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49495426)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:44 PM
Author: Motley canary travel guidebook

Jesus, the Jones Act

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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: Racy Point Telephone

Don't we just give citizenship to anyone born anywhere nominally controlled by the US govt, like an air force base in Okinawa? SCOTUS said we have to give due process to gitmo detainees just because we control gitmo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808150&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49495446)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:53 PM
Author: Motley canary travel guidebook

No, Puerto Rican citizenship is by statute

American Samoans are us nationals it citizens

Military bases are just going to be based on citizenship of parent. I suppose you could have a weird hypo where you have non citizen in US army who gives birth on foreign base, kid could potentially be stateless

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808150&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49495464)