There doesn't appear to be a law, prior to Rick Santorum being born, that automatically made aliens serving/served in the military (WWII or other) U.S. citizens. Santorumm's father, therefore, would have had to initiate and go through the naturalization process himself.
The McCarran-Walter Act, 1952, made aliens who served for 5 years eligible to be perminant lawful residents:
Act June 30, 1950, ch. 443, § 4,64 Stat. 316, as amended June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title IV, § 402(e),66 Stat. 276, provided that: “Notwithstanding the dates or periods of service specified and designated in section 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act [this section], the provisions of that section are applicable to aliens enlisted or reenlisted pursuant to the provisions of this Act and who have completed five or more years of military service, if honorably discharged therefrom. Any alien enlisted or reenlisted pursuant to the provisions of this Act who subsequently enters the United States, American Samoa, Swains Island, or the Canal Zone, pursuant to military orders shall, if otherwise qualified for citizenship, and after completion of five or more years of military service, if honorably discharged therefrom, be deemed to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence within the meaning of such section 329(a) [subsection (a) of this section].”
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1440
Furthermore, if in fact Aldo's citizenship was revoked by Italy back in the 1930's, that would essentially make his father "stateless" until his father went through the naturalization process on his own.
The naturalization papers (proof) of Aldo Santorum is what people are demanding.
The citizens of this country deserve to know if a candidate (any candidate, including Republicans) is eligible for the public elected office they seek.
US President, loyal to the Republic but elected unconstitutionally, he himself cannot uphold the very Constitution which he himself violated, furthermore, he can be subjected to blackmail or influence by foreign power. We cannot hold one candidate to higher standard than the rest anywhere even at FR. At FR of all places, we advocate justice and righteousness. Otherwise, we are no different than democrats.
So let's see, the sitting POTUS, two candidates seeking the office of POTUS and numerous people with the possibility of being chosen as VPOTUS...all with issues regarding their status as natural born citizens being in question.
And all three branches of the government claiming ignorance and wishing it would all just "go away".
We surely live in interesting times with a supposedly incurious populace and watchdog media.
Hmmmmmm...how will it all turn out?
Will more racial unrest be revealed? Will monetary policies cause further dilemmas? Will the can be kicked down the road yet again?
Tune in next week for the next exciting episode of "Modern Day Cliffhangers".
I have been following the Santorum NBC wiht interest..the recent release (at least i just saw it) of Pietro Santorum’s naturalization in 1930 leads me to think that Aldo beceme a citizen when/if he entered the US legally for permanent residency before age 21 and before may 24 1934...thus NBC for Rick....I think the naturalization law goes back to 1898 or 1902 something like that to cover derivative citizenship of children before may 24 1934 so when did Aldo enter the US is part of the question has that been answered on the internet? If after may 24 1934 a different law was in effect=needed 5 years residency..
Also Pietro apparently went back to italy for some months before his return-(his wife had a baby in 1927 unless its the milkman’s) if i recall correctly if it was less than a year away from US it could still count for the requirements for Pietros naturalization.
Then again did Aldo need to apply for derivative citizenship or was it automatic...that needs to be researched also....
At first glance my take is Aldo derived US citizenship when he was lawfully admitted to the US or if he had 5 years US lawful residency before age 21.(date?)
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http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86759.pdf
http://www.corporateprobono.org/archive/resources/resource1343.pdf
http://openjurist.org/195/f2d/573/acheson-v-albert