; Whereas those in the United States illegally are subject to our laws by their presence within our border, but are not subject to the more complete jurisdiction envisioned by the 14th Amendment as a precondition for automatic citizenship; Whereas the Supreme Court has never held that children born on United States soil to parents who are in the country illegally should automatically receive citizenship; Whereas a sovereign nation has the right to determine its own qualifications for citizenship; Whereas only 30 sovereign nations recognize a form of birthright citizenship, including only two, the United States and Canada, classified by the International Monetary Fund as first world countries; Whereas during this century three sovereign nations, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia, have ended their practice of birthright citizenship; and Whereas section 5 of the 14th Amendment explicitly delegates to Congress the right to determine how the provisions of the amendment are to be applied: Now, therefore, be it