Originally Posted by Crystal

No, it doesn't. I'm going to guess you like to use that "We are all immigrants" whine as the base of any illegal immigration debate. In order for any modification to do what you suggested above it would have to be made retro-active. That wouldn't happen. The purpose of the 14th amendment was to make sure slaves had the same rights as everyone else.

BTW, did you know Native Americans weren't included under the 14th amendment because they weren't taxed? Their newborns were members of their tribe and not American citizens. It took the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 to make thier people citizens. That was 56 years after the ratification of the 14th amendment.