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To: allmendream

Indeed, the 2008 election exposed widespread ignorance on what it means to be a natural born citizens, particularly among the entire voting body. That maternal descent is respected today doesn’t discount the idea that both parents should be citizens. The biggest misconception is that you can be born to NO U.S. citizen parents and be natural-born.


206 posted on 10/21/2011 11:57:21 AM PDT by edge919
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To: edge919
Indeed, I may have been conned. The 1790 Act does NOT say that only the father must be a citizen for a child born abroad to be considered as a natural-born citizen:
And be it further enacted, that the children of persons duly naturalized, dwelling within the United States, and being under the age of twenty-one years, at the time of such naturalization, and the children of citizens of the United States, born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, shall be considered as citizens of the United States: Provided, That the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons, whose fathers have never been resident of the United States:

209 posted on 10/21/2011 12:23:16 PM PDT by edge919
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