Posted on 04/10/2011 1:00:04 PM PDT by patlin
Fact: From the time of the adoption of the US Constitution & until the erroneous WKA ruling, children born to aliens in the US, children who were taken back to the parents home country to be raised, children who applied for a US passport on the grounds that they were born in the US and therefore claimed to be US citizens, were denied US passports. The US State Dept determined that these children were not “born” citizens. The 100 year census backs these decisions of US State Dept.
Where did you get the information you base your argument on? From what I have read, the Mexican government considers all children born on Mexican territory to be citizens regardless of their parents’ nationality.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_nationality_law#Nationality_by_birth
You can not read “today’s laws” as if they were in place when George Romney was born. They WERE NOT. When George Romney was born, Mexico strictly adhered to natural law & the laws of nations of citizenship at birth via being born to citizen parents whether in Mexico or abroad.
Wiki is good for many things, but it lacks true historical reference when the historical reference does not suit its agenda.
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