To: smileyface
** Many during the revolution were likely not born here. **
and that is built into the Constitution.
What I do wonder is, what\who was considered a citizen of the United States at the time of adoption of the constitution
as the Constitution doesn't identify eligibility for either kind of citizenship.
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution
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10/06/2021 1:46:11 PM PDT by
stylin19a
(when in doubt...empty the magazine)
To: stylin19a
That was hashed out on the 0bola research threads. From what I remember anyone living in the US at the time it formally because the USA was considered a US citizen. Hopefully someone else knows more.
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