No, you see, the argument will go that as long as they’re here illegally and free, they’re “unsuccessfully under jurisdiction” and once they’re arrested, they’re “under jurisdiction” and therefore the child isn’t a US citizen but “obviously while they’re here they’ll be punished for their crimes” once they’re “successfully under jurisdiction”
They’ve always used some kind of ambiguity in wording to hide behind. There is none in regards to this. It is directly spelled out.
They’re basically like an evil genie. They’ll find SOME way to twist the words to mean whatever they want no matter how clear they appear to be.
I think they might actually buy the argument around jurisdiction, which is… scary.
If they aren’t under our jurisdiction, we can’t arrest them for murder
No, you see, the argument will go that as long as they’re here illegally and free, they’re “unsuccessfully under jurisdiction” and once they’re arrested, they’re “under jurisdiction” and therefore the child isn’t a US citizen but “obviously while they’re here they’ll be punished for their crimes” once they’re “successfully under jurisdiction”