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Fiendish Thingy

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12. You're overthinking it

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #11)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 08:46 PM

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The “and” is meant to exempt children born to diplomatic staff while in the US.

Diplomatic staff are not “under the jurisdiction of the US”, and so, neither are their children.

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