Stupid to list Ramaswamy, who is not a citizen.
He's been a citizen since he was born.
Well, Obama was elected. And he wasn't naturalized.
He was born here and is a US citizen.
Kamala isn’t either
This will come as shocking news to Ramaswamy.
As a result, Vivek Ramasamy is not only a citizen, but a Natural Born Citizen, which makes him eligable to become President or Vice President. The same applies to Kamala Harris.
Here is the evidence:
Mother's citizenship: Geetha Ramaswamy became a U.S. citizen after Vivek was born in 1985. Multiple sources confirm she naturalized later, though the exact date is not specified.
Father's citizenship: V. Ganapathy Ramaswamy never became a U.S. citizen and has retained his Indian citizenship. Vivek has publicly stated that his father made a "choice" not to naturalize for "familial reasons" and still holds an Indian passport.
As a result, Vivek Ramaswamy acquired U.S. citizenship at birth solely through birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, as he was born on U.S. soil to non-citizen parents.
That interpretation became what people now believe, was the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship to anyone born in the United States in the 1898 case United States v. Wong Kim Ark. The Supreme Court ruled 6–2 in favor of Wong Kim Ark on March 28, 1898. The majority opinion, written by Justice Horace Gray, held that a person born in the United States, even to non-citizen parents, becomes a U.S. citizen at birth if they are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States—meaning they are not children of foreign diplomats or in a temporary status. The Court interpreted the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as being consistent with jus soli (citizenship by soil), affirming that birth within U.S. territory grants automatic citizenship regardless of race or parents' nationality.
How the Jusices voted:
Majority Opinion (6 justices 4 Republicans/2 Democrats):
Horace Gray - Republican (author)
David Josiah Brewer -Republican
Henry Billings Brown - Republican
George Shiras Jr. - Republican
Edward Douglass White - Democrat
Rufus Wheeler Peckham - Democrat
Dissenting Opinion (2 justices 1 Republican / 1 Democrrat):
Melville Weston Fuller - Democrat (author)
John Marshall Harlan - Republican
Not Voting (1 justice Republican):
Justice Joseph McKenna - Republican, did not participate in the decision, as he joined the Court after oral arguments.
The ruling reinforced that birthright citizenship is a constitutional right, not a privilege subject to congressional change, and has been reaffirmed by lower courts and federal statutes, including the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952.
Like both of you, I was taught that only those born in the U.S. to parents who were citizens, are considered as NBC eligible to become President & Vice President.
I also believe that the Supreme Court decision, was a misinterpretation of the 14th Amendmemt that was written to make citizens of the freed slaves who were born in this nation, which would have been at that time, the living slave population, and became codified as being Constitution Law in 1868. That 30 years after the fact the misinterpretation ruling of the 1898 interpretation by the Supreme Court ruling of U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark.
The problem is, as I see it, the only way is to put forth a new Amendment that reverses that Supreme Court ruling that codified jus soli as being what the 14th Amendment was referring to, and not limited to just the former slaves that were born in this nation, as it was intended to be in reality.
Would that Amendment actually be ratified in today's national reality?
Didn't stop Baraq Hussein 0bama.