residents. (12) The 1866 Civil Rights Act further clarified that the 14th Amendment did not apply to temporary visitors or those who remained the citizen or subject of a parent’s home country when it stated, All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States. . (13) American Indians and their children did not become citizens until Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, which would have been redundant if the 14th Amendment extended citizenship to every person born in the United States, no matter what the circumstances of their birth or parentage. (14) Since the inception of the 14th Amendment, the Supreme Court has never interpreted the 14th Amendment to extend birthright citizenship to the children of any class of individuals who are not citizens themselves, or lawful permanent residents. (15) Congressional intent and understanding of its ability to legislate naturalization within the original public meaning of the 14th Amendment is clear and apparent as evidenced by legislation. (16) The current concept of unqualified birthright citizenship is inconsistent with the history and meaning of the 14th Amendment and has been granted far too broadly in recent decades, enabling fraud and civilizational altering levels of immigration spurred by persons who have illegally crossed our borders to obtain citizenship for their children under the misinterpretation of the 14th Amendment. (17) The United States is one of two developed nations that currently grants automatic citizenship so expansively to children born within its borders. (18) Unqualified birthright citizenship provides a strong incentive for illegal immigrants to cross the southern border of the United States. When their child is born on United States soil, the family can return to their home country, and 21 years later, the family may return as a part of chain migration not subject to the numerical limitations by which we