The Constitution of the United States begins with a Preamble in which "We the people of the United States" are the very first words. The Preamble goes on to say that the people of the United States "establish this Constitution for the United States of America." So, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the people of the United States created the Constitution of the United States primarily for the benefit of the citizens of the United States. Since 1868, U.S. citizenship has been defined by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which says that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States ..." Thus, with few exceptions, to be a citizen of the United States means that you have to be born in the United States or undergo a legally established "naturalization" process. It is no secret that there are between twelve and thirty million people...(Read Full Post)