Yes, she had citizenship at birth and it cannot be taken from her against her will.
https://reason.com/2020/08/10/yes-kamala-harris-is-indeed-a-natural-born-citizen/
She’s not a natural born citizen. It’s actually only customary to even consider her a 14th Amendment citizen - both parents were here on student visas at the time.
Treating the children of temporary visitors as citizens is absurd.
no nation except the US does that, and never used to until the State department unilaterally decided to treat a birth certificate as the only criteria.
She’s not just not a natural born citizen, she’s not even supposed to have a passport.
Mmmmm no. She is a citizn of Jamaica according to their law. Here is a snippet from The Federalist:
But not so fast. Harris is constitutionally ineligible to be VPOTUS (12th Amendment) or POTUS (Article 2). She is not nor can she ever be a natural born citizen, the highest standard of citizenship mandated by the Constitution for the president and commander-in-chief. The Founding Fathers wanted a higher standard of citizenship for the POTUS because they did not want any competing allegiances with foreign governments.
Harris was born in Oakland, California on October 20, 1964, to an Indian citizen mother and a Jamaican citizen father. Thus, Harris is a native-born American citizen, or a citizen pursuant to what I refer to as the anchor baby provision of the 14th Amendment.
I wrote to Senator Harris on Dec. 4, 2017, expressing that the presidential eligibility clause, Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 mandates that the president must be a natural born citizen. She and her campaign replied with a form letter that purposely ignored the issue.
But wait, there is more! Harris may be a native-born American citizen by the accident of her birth and in my opinion an erroneous 14th Amendment interpretation, but she is also a citizen of Jamaica.
Under Chapter 2 of the Constitution of Jamaica, a person born in Jamaica after August 5, 1962, or born outside Jamaica after that date to a parent who is a Jamaican citizen, is automatically considered a Jamaican citizen at birth. Furthermore, under current Jamaican legislation, citizens of Jamaica can hold multiple nationalities. And this status does not prohibit serving in the legislature of Jamaica!
Imagine that: a vice president or president of the United States with concurrent citizenship with another foreign government a person with clearly divided loyalties and an ability and opportunity to participate in governmental proceedings of another country, travel on another country’s passport, and legally take up residence in that country.
Specifically, Chapter 2 (entitled Citizenship) of the Jamaica Constitution, Section 3C states:
Every person born outside Jamaica shall become a citizen of Jamaica -
on the sixth day of August 1962, in the case of a person born before that date; or on the date of his/her birth, in the case of a person born on or after the sixth day of August 1962, if, at that date, his/her father or mother is a citizen of Jamaica by birth, descent, or registration by virtue of marriage to a citizen of Jamaica.
Harris was born Oct. 20, 1964, and her father was a citizen of Jamaica at the time of her birth. Therefore, the law of Jamaica is clear: Kamala Harris is a citizen of Jamaica, pursuant to Section 3Cb of the Constitution of Jamaica.
And what about citizenship of India? Harris’s mother was a citizen of India and, to the best of my knowledge, never actually became an American citizen. Does Kamala qualify for Indian citizenship, too?
No, she does not. Under Indian law, dual citizenship is not allowed. However, Indian law does allow persons of Indian origin certain benefits and privileges. A PIO (persons of Indian origin) card may be issued to those holding U.S. passports, who can prove their Indian origin up to three generations before along with spouses of Indian citizens or persons of Indian origin.
The PIO card is valid for fifteen years and provides the following benefits:
· exemption from registration at a Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office (FRRO) for periods of stay less than 180 days
· enjoy parity with non-resident Indians in economic, financial, and educational fields
· acquire, hold, transfer, or dispose of immovable properties in India, except for agricultural properties
· open rupee bank accounts, lend in rupees to Indian residents, and make investments in India, etc.
· being eligible for various housing schemes under the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) or the central or State governments
· their children can obtain admission in educational institutions in India in the general category quota for non-resident Indians
It should be noted that PIO cardholders are not entitled to the following:
· the exercise of any political rights
· visits to restricted or protected areas without permission
· mountaineering, research, and missionary work without permission.
It would be interesting to find out if Harris ever held or currently holds a PIO card.
Thus, Kamala Harris, United States senator, former candidate for the president of the United States, and current prospective candidate for vice president in the upcoming election, has competing foreign citizenship with the country of Jamaica and preferential status with the country of India.
native born is not equal to natural born
her parents were not citizens
Wrong. Both parents were citizens of foreign countries. She’s only a Native (anchor baby) US citizen; not a NBC.
What an idiot that guy is!
Some people simply can't recognize that an ACT of Congress can't confer the status of natural born citizen upon a person while such an ACT can indeed confer the status of citizen to a person.