Virginia Doctor’s U.S. Citizenship Revoked Unexpectedly Sparking Discussions About the 14th Amendment

According to The Washington Post (WaPo), North Virginia doctor Siavash Sobhani was in “shock” after a State Department official allegedly told him his US citizenship had been revoked for a bureaucratic reason. Actually, it was more than a bureaucratic SNAFU. It’s called the 14th Amendment, often referred to as the Anchor Baby Clause, which has been intentionally misinterpreted by Democrats for decades. Their misinterpretation (lies) have led many Americans to believe that the law says if you’re a foreigner and you have a baby on US soil, the baby is automatically a US citizen. That has never been the truth, yet no one has ever looked up the history of the clause and learned that the very author of that clause stood in the well of the US Senate and declared that it did not mean that foreigners would see their babies born on US soil get automatic citizenship.

According to the WaPo, Sobhani, 61, an internal medicine specialist, received a letter from a State Department official after filing for a new passport in February. What the North Virginia doctor received, however, was not what he expected, as he had previously gone through the passport renewal process without incident.

Sobhani was advised that he should never have been awarded citizenship in the first place because his father was a diplomat at the Iranian Embassy.

“As a member of your parent’s household at the time of your birth, you also enjoyed full diplomatic immunity from the jurisdiction of the United States,” according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post. “As such, you were born not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Therefore, you did not acquire U.S. citizenship at birth.”

“Subject to the jurisdiction thereof” is part of the anchor baby clause that Democrats have never wanted to talk about because that 1 section of the clause destroys their narrative that foreign babies born on US soil are automatically US citizens.

The 14th Amendment, Section 1 states:

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. [Emphasis added]

Subject to the jurisdiction thereof means that when you were born, your parents were US citizens. In order to be born a citizen, at least one of your parents has to have been a legal US citizen at the time of birth. If your parents are not legally US citizens, it means that they are subject to a foreign country’s jurisdiction. This is why we make people take an oath of citizenship. Taking the oath means that you are giving up any loyalties to the foreign nation, crown, monarch, potentate, whatever, to become a US citizen. After that, you are now subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

Senator Marco Rubio fell between the cracks as well. When he was born in the US, neither of his parents were US citizens, which means that the senator from Florida is technically not a US citizen.

Senator Ted Cruz was born in Canada; however, his mother was a US citizen at the time, and therefore, he is a US citizen.

The same situation happened to Senator John McCain, who was born in Coco Solo, Panama, but his parents were both US citizens who were there because his father was serving in the US Navy.

And for this reason, when it came to Barack Obama, I never supported the Hillary Clinton-founded Birther Movement. I do believe Obama was born in Kenya, just as his Nana Sarah (his paternal grandmother) told reporters when he was running for the White House. But his mother was a US citizen at the time, and therefore, she was subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, which made him a US citizen.

To put this issue to rest, here is what Senator Jacob M. Howard (Whig-MI), the author of the anchor baby clause, said:

I now move to take up House joint resolution No. 127.

The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the consideration of the joint resolution (H.R. No. 127) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

The first amendment is to section one, declaring that all “persons born in the United States and Subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the States wherein they reside. I do not propose to say anything on that subject except that the question of citizenship has been fully discussed in this body as not to need any further elucidation, in my opinion. This amendment which I have offered is simply declaratory of what I regard as the law of the land already, that every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, 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. It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States. This has long been a great desideratum in the jurisprudence and legislation of this country.[1]

The good doctor’s parents were foreigners and an ambassador or foreign minister of some kind in order for him to have diplomatic immunity.

Senator Howard’s words make common sense. Why would the US Congress allow a foreigner to have a baby on US soil so that they would get to stay in the country as long as they wanted, being the parents of a US citizen? The spying opportunities alone would be treasonous if the clause was written for that intention.

According to the letter, Sobhani was then led to a webpage where he could apply for lawful permanent residence. Sobhani has reportedly requested permanent residence since his discovery, paying more than $40,000 in legal bills that may never be addressed, according to the Post.

Sobhani, who was born at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in November 1961, told the source that after spending a short time in Turkey with his family, they returned to Washington, D.C., where he attended Georgetown Preparatory School. According to the publication, the doctor earned degrees from George Washington University and Boston College before attending Georgetown Medical School.

“This was a shock to me,” Sobhani told the outlet, adding, “I’m a doctor. I’ve been here all my life. I’ve paid my taxes. I’ve voted for presidents. I’ve served my community in Northern Virginia. During COVID, I was at work, putting myself at risk, putting my family at risk. So when you’re told after 61 years, ‘Oh there was a mistake, you’re no longer a U.S. citizen,’ it’s really, really shocking.”

Sobhani has requested assistance from Democrat Virginia Sen. Mark Warner and Democrat Virginia Rep. Gerald Connolly. He stated that he cannot live comfortably in Iran since he has already spoken out against the government and has family members involved in US politics.

“I can only hope that the impact I’ve made in caring for our community of Virginians, your constituents, for the past 30 years will hold some weight in swaying your decision to intervene on my behalf,” Sobhani said in a statement to The Washington Post.

Connolly has responded to Sobhani in writing, noting that his office is “requesting all possible consideration in expediting” his case. It’s unclear how long the north Virginia doctor’s case will take; however, Sobhani told the publication that he wants to have it restored within six months.