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Newly surfaced comments from Harry Reid show that he
advocated for the exact same position in 1993. According to the Center
for Immigration Studies (CIS), “Reid (D-Nev.) introduced legislation
to clarify the scope of the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause and
to end the practice of granting U.S. citizenship to children born to illegal
immigrants.”
In a section titled “Basis of Citizenship Clarified,” Reid’s
bill explained:
…the
Congress has determined and hereby declares
that any person born after the date of enactment of this title to a mother who
is neither a citizen of the United States nor admitted to the United States as
a lawful permanent resident, and which person is a national or citizen of
another country of which either of his or her natural parents is a national or
citizen, or is entitled upon application to become a national or citizen of
such country, shall be considered as born subject to the jurisdiction of that
foreign country and not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States within
the meaning of [Section 1 of the 14th Amendment] and shall therefore not be a
citizen of the United States or of any State solely by reason of physical
presence within the United States at the moment of birth.[S.1351, Sec. 1001]
Speaking before the Senate, Reid said that “no sane country”
would allow for birthday citizenship. Source
