This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners or aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons.
King cites Senator Jacob Howard's historical perspective on the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause.
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