The Epoch Times By Rob Natelson
This fifth and final essay recounts what we discovered about (1) the Constitution’s words “natural born Citizen” and (2) the claim that U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants are “birthright citizens.”
‘Allegiance’
Under a monarchy, the king and his subjects have reciprocal obligations. The king must defend, and the subject must obey. The subject’s obligation is called “allegiance.”
Before America declared Independence in 1776, the colonists were subjects of the British Crown and owed allegiance to the king. A colonist might be a subject because he or she was born within the British Empire. Or the colonist might have been foreign-born but naturalized as a subject.
Even non-naturalized foreigners could be British subjects. If a foreigner was living or visiting legally in the British Empire (including the North American colonies), he owed “local allegiance” to the Crown for the duration of his stay. This meant that the foreigner had a duty to obey local law while within the empire, even if his primary allegiance was to his homeland.
A foreigner from a friendly country legally staying in the British Empire and subject to local allegiance was called an “alien friend.”
But if you entered the empire illegally, or your nation was at war with Great Britain, then you were an “alien enemy.” Unless you received special permission to stay, you weren’t in allegiance to the British Crown. You could forfeit your property and be forced to leave the country…
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