"Informing a "citizens of the United States who is otherwise qualified by law to vote" who happens to be an immigrant."........... Polybius
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Webster Dictionary:
Immigrate: To come into a country of which one is not a NATIVE, for the purpose of permanent residence.
Immigrant: One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant. Syn. -- See Emigrant.
Emigrate: To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence
Emigrant: One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another
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Thesaurus - Houghton, Miflin Company:
Native : person BORN in that country. Antonyms: immigrant.
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What stumps me is that after all the hard work exhibited by the reply and, hopefully, some education along the way, Amerigomag can't grasp the concept that "citizen" defines your civic rights within a country and "immigrant" (as oppossed to "native born") defines how you ended up in that country once upon a time.
Let's repeat that.
The word "citizen" defines your civic rights within a country.
The word "immigrant" defines how you ended up in that country once upon a time.
Now, class, let's use these words we have learned in a question and answer session.
Is Arnold Schwartzenager an immigrant to the United States?
Yes, Arnold Schwartzenager (straight out of Webster's Dictionary) came "into a country of which one is not a NATIVE, for the purpose of permanent residence". Arnold Schwartzenager is and will always be "an immigrant from Austria".
Is Arnold Schwartzenager a U.S. citizen?
Yes, he is a naturalized citizen.
Is Arnold Schwartzenager eligible to be elected President of the United States?
No. Arnold Schwartzenager is an immigrant from Austria, he is therefore not native born and the Constitution specifically states that only native born citizens can be President.
So Arnold Schwartzenager is a U.S. citizen but can not be President because he is an immigrant from a foreign country?
Correct.
But a U.S. citizen that is native born and not an immigrant from another country can be President?
Correct.
So, being a citizen and being an an immigrant from another country are two separate issues?
Correct.
So, like, in The Terminator, if Arnolds travels back in time and brings his own pregnant mother to the U.S. to give birth and he then is native born instead of an immigrant from a foreign country, can he then be President of the United States?
Well,....ummm.... yes, but that is making things way more complicated than they need to be.
Thank you.