[HerrBlucher]

I see, so native born = natural born, therefore any anchor baby can be president. Does anybody believe that the founding fathers actually had that in mind?

[chris37]

Doesn’t matter what the founding fathers had in mind.

The standard has been set.

[longtermmemmory]

anchor baby is a term of immigration law (slang actually).

Those were legally abolished in the 1996 immigration reform bill.

you also forget that cubans had a different status at that time under the law. think political refugees.

there are only two legal classes of citizen. naturalized and native/natural born. It may not be liked but it is the law now.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

No. There were rules for entering the country. They still exist.

[allmendream]

Well the founders didn't write the 14th Amendment so they had no idea what an “anchor baby” was or would be - but they did write the Constitution; and the Constitution only mentions or envisions two types of U.S. citizen - those who are born citizens and are thus “natural born citizens” and those who must be “naturalized” into that state of natural allegiance brought about by conditions of birth.

[SuzyQueIN]

I see, so native born = natural born, therefore any anchor baby can be president. Does anybody believe that the founding fathers actually had that in mind?

It absolutely is NOT what they had in mind. I won't vote for anyone who isn't natural born according to what I was taught in Civics classes (remember those?). Damn the Democrats AND the Republicans for not taking a stand on Obama's native born status prior to the election.

Of the entire disastrous legacy left by Obama, this is the one thing that can ultimately do America the most harm -- and that's saying a LOT.