“It’s obvious that Jindal is not qualified to be president. “
It’s obvious that Jindal is qualified to be president.
“He was not a Natural Born Citizen at birth. His parents were not legal citizens yet”
They were legal residents, which is sufficent for Jindhal to be a citizen at birth, aka natural-born citizen. Jindhal has had only one country and one allegiance his entire life and that is to the United States.
“when he was born 3 months after they arrived and they didn’t meet the residency requirements yet as immigrants.”
This statement makes no sense, they were legal immigrants, of course they met legal requirements.
“Jindal is a citizen by statute”
ALL CITIZENS are defined by statute or some other provision of law... INCLUDING NATURAL-BORN CITIZENS! JUst read the 1790 naturalization act, which did that explicitly. Subsequent laws have changed provisions for citzenship-at-birth and those are ALL natural-born citizens.
Citizenship is defined by statute
... and if you are leaning on ‘common law’, then go back to the Wong Kim Ark, where under common law, children born of aliens WERE CONSIDERED NATURAL-BORN ...
“Children, born in England, of such aliens were therefore natural-born subjects.” - US v Wong Kim Ark
See also: ” ...became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives or natural-born citizens ... “
“Thus, new citizens may be born or they may be created by naturalization. “ - Minor v Happersett
It’s clear: If you are born a US citizen, you are a ‘natural-born citizen’.
Jindhal is a natural born citizen as required in Article 2 Section 1 of the constitution.
Wrong. They were here on visas and they hadn’t gone through the naturalization process to make them legal citizens. You do know that you have to go through a naturalization process to become a LEGAL American when immigrating. If you believe both parents must be U.S. Citizens at the time of the child’s birth for the child to be a Natural Born Citizen, then Bobby Jindal has a problem. Under this definition, he would not be a Natural Born Citizen, and therefore, under Article II, Section I of the United States Constitution, he would not be eligible to be President of the United States. Amar and Raj Jindal are the Punjabi-born parents of Governor Bobby Jindal. Raj Jindal’s maiden name was Raj Gupta. According to nola.com:
http://blog.nola.com/updates/2007/12/a_passage_from_india.html
In fact, it was Gupta’s career move that brought the newly married couple to Louisiana.
Gupta was accepted as a graduate assistant at Louisiana State University when she was pregnant with Bobby. Her husband, who at the time was an assistant professor at a Chandigarh engineering college, was concerned about her moving overseas in her condition. LSU offered her one month of maternity leave if she joined the program, a deal the Jindals agreed was too good to turn down.
They moved in January 1971. Bobby was born soon after, in Baton Rouge.
Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume that at the time of Bobby Jindal’s birth, his parents were not U.S. citizens. In fact they could not have been U.S. Citizens at the time because citizenship in the United States always requires 5 years of residency in the United States before qualifying. It is clear that the Jindal’s were only here for a few months before Bobby Jindal was born.
“They were legal residents, which is sufficent for Jindhal to be a citizen at birth, aka natural-born citizen”
I don’t even believe they’d have to be legal. Illegals can have so-called “anchor babies,” which are considered citizens.