Enough with the stupid birther crap...
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
The governing phrase from Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution.
Do you have to be born within the territorial limits of the United States to be such a citizen? No, said the Founders. The Heritage Foundation’s Guide shows how the First Congress in 1790 provided that “the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond the sea or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born.” This was our first naturalization statute (1 Stat. 104). This Congress contained many Members, notably James Madison himself, who had just framed the Constitution in Philadelphia.
Now, consider Marco Rubio. His parents were resident aliens when he was born in 1971, seeking and soon to receive their status as naturalized U.S. citizens. Under the Fourteenth Amendment, “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.” This “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” clause shows why Rubio is — and, very likely, why children of illegal aliens are not — a “natural born citizen of the United States.”
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/07/the_good_news_rubios_eligible.html
It is becoming tiresome.
However, unless you are cashing a SCOTUS paycheck and have 4 other Justices with you, I am inclined to hold off on your POV.
.... seeking and soon to receive their status as naturalized U.S. citizens.
Which is, IMNSVHO, a nice way of saying they were still under the jurisdiction of Cuba, whence they were refugees. They chose us. We had not quite gotten around to choosing them. Furthermore, we have no indication that they ever became naturalized citizens.
Do you not agree that this issue which divides us ought to be decided by the SCOTUS? After all, it is THEIR job, not ours.