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To: cumbo78; SatinDoll
Actually, 8 USC section 1402...


"All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899, and prior to January 13, 1941, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, residing on January 13, 1941, in Puerto Rico or other territory over which the United States exercises rights of sovereignty and not citizens of the United States under any other Act, are declared to be citizens of the United States as of January 13, 1941. All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after January 13, 1941, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, are citizens of the United States at birth. "



It says nothing about natural born.

38 posted on 08/07/2012 1:53:23 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: SatinDoll; Red Steel; cumbo78
(Natural Born Citizen - born in the USA of citizen parents.)

"All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899, and prior to January 13, 1941, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, residing on January 13, 1941, in Puerto Rico or other territory over which the United States exercises rights of sovereignty and not citizens of the United States under any other Act, are declared to be citizens of the United States as of January 13, 1941. All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after January 13, 1941, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, are citizens of the United States at birth."

That would seem to say that Fortuno would be eligible, would it not? Born in Puerto Rico after 1941, to citizen parents, he is a "citizen of the United States at birth," i.e., a "natural born citizen."

44 posted on 08/07/2012 3:27:04 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Conservative Republican who wants to win)
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