“people can and do become citizens of these United States in different ways and circumstances”
Only TWO ways, actually. One is via the natural act of being born - a U.S. citizen, or one must undergo a legal “naturalization” process.
No no AllSpews not entirely correct or what I was saying.
As I mentioned, there have been "different ways and circumstances," that one could or can become a US citizen. What comes to mind....
-- Born in the US or its territories.
a) Born to parents who are legally in the jurisdiction in accordance with the 14th Amend., and US v. WKA, 1898.
b) Natural Born Citizen where no man made or positive laws are required.
-- Born overseas to American parents or parent via US statute law.
a) Born in the canal zone. See McCain
b) Born to a US citizen mother who was at least 19 years old and who lived 10 years in the United States and at least 5 of those year have to be after the age of 14 years old. (Obama Jr. should be SOL if SADO gave birth to him overseas)
Here's an interesting one from US Code.
"A person of unknown parentage found in the United States while under the age of five years, until shown, prior to his attaining the age of twenty-one years, not to have been born in the United States."
Et cetera et cetera...
Or as Edge919 succinctly said up this thread to our Noob:
"Anyone who is NOT born in the country to citizen parents is naturally an alien or naturally a foreigner. The only way they become citizens is through collective naturalization (by statute or Constitutional declaration) or by voluntary naturalization. "
Lets see here in short who are not natural born citizens.
1) Constitutional declaration. See our US Constitution.
3) Statute or positive law. See US Code Title 8, 1401 for general examples
2) collective naturalization. See 14th Amendment.
3) voluntary naturalization. As get in the immigration line.
"Only TWO" ways? LoL. I don't thinks so.