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Grandpa you are completely ignoring relevent facts.
The birthright clause was to protect the newly freed black slaves. The government didn't want whites to try to deny Blacks citizenship. It was justifiable for that cause. However, it was never the legislative intent, and the legislative history doesn't support, that the birthright clause was to give citizenship to the children of illegal aliens. Illegal aliens have exploited this.
Look at the citizenship requirements in Mexico, Japan and other countries, even without the birthright clause we still have very liberal immigration laws.
Ron Paul is 100% right in this issue. Actually he is more right on this issue than any Presidential candidate (if you can really call him that) in the last 100 years!