“I can show you at least a hundred people within a few block of my house who were never naturalized. We call them illegal aliens.”
And if any of them has US Passports and get elected to Congress that would be quite the story!
“Living openly in America, with no naturalization documents certainly doesn’t prove citizenship.”
That’s why the fact that Obama has had a passport for many years has some relevance. His acquisition of a passport was a prior vetting process that vouches for his citizenship.
Frankly, I wouldn’t be the slightest bit surprised to find that there are illegal alien holders of elected offices in California.
Senator is a pretty high bar, though.
I don’t have as much confidence in the vetting process, especially the one in effect 20+ years ago, as you do.
Especially since I actually have read the State Department’s requirements. You don’t even need a birth certificate to get a passport.