To: pa mom; autumnraine
For case law, see US vs. Wong, 1897 or so. The US confers citizenship jus soli, by virtue of place of birth, not jus sanguinis, by blood.
If this were true, then someone born to American citizen parents overseas would then not be American.
998 posted on
12/09/2008 8:23:28 AM PST by
aruanan
To: aruanan
It is true, but we have exceptions in the Constitution for the children of citizens abroad.
Jus soli gives us anchor babies.
999 posted on
12/09/2008 8:26:14 AM PST by
pa mom
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