Media Matters?!? I guess that the newspaper you read this from may have a biased POV towards letting everyone and his brother come into the country. The other side of it argued against rather strongly, too. However, the restriction still got into Howards’ amendment, didn’t it? Even after it was voted on in both the House and Senate and 3/4<sup>ths</sup> of the states. If it made it through that process, would you suppose it meant exactly what it said it meant?

Rothbardian_fanatic

https://www.mediamatters.org/ann-coulter/did-author-citizenship-clause-really-say-it-would-exclude-children-foreigners

Following Howard's statement, senators went on to debate whether it was wise to extend citizenship to the children of foreigners. During the May 30, 1866, Senate debate over Howard's proposed Citizenship Clause to the 14th Amendment, several senators discussed whether it was a good idea to extend citizenship to the children of foreigners, as Media Matters for America has noted. The debate indicates that they believed the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of foreigners. For instance, Sen. Edgar Cowan of Pennsylvania, who voted against the 14th Amendment, aired his concerns that Chinese immigrants would overrun California.

Politics_And_Law

Immigration Laws the U.S. Should Emulate

[Did the author of the Citizenship Clause really say it would exclude the children of “foreigners”?](https://www.mediamatters.org/ann-coulter/did-author-citizenship-clause-really-say-it-would-exclude-children-foreigners)

> Following Howard's statement, senators went on to debate whether it was wise to extend citizenship to the children of foreigners. During the May 30, 1866, Senate debate over Howard's proposed Citizenship Clause to the 14th Amendment, several senators discussed whether it was a good idea to extend citizenship to the children of foreigners, as Media Matters for America has noted. The debate indicates that they believed the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of foreigners. For instance, Sen. Edgar Cowan of Pennsylvania, who voted against the 14th Amendment, aired his concerns that Chinese immigrants would overrun California.