Citizens of India can have Green Cards. A Green Card establishes permanent residence according to the U.S. CIS.
RE: Citizens of India can have Green Cards. A Green Card establishes permanent residence according to the U.S. CIS.
Sure they can. Unfortunately, even children of NON-GREEN CARD HOLDERS from India can be citizens.
How do I know that?
EXPERIENCE.
I work in the IT industry where I happen to HIRE CONSULTANTS, most of them from India here on H1B visas ( working, non-permanent resident visas ).
I know of SEVERAL who have CHILDREN ( plural ) born in the USA who are Americans. As babies, they travel with US passports when their parents go overseas.
Also, I know MANY graduate students who come here to study and do research in our universities( like Jindal’s mother ) who bring their spouses with them ( similar to Jindal’s mother again ). I know several Chinese couples, several Korean couples, a Japanese couple and a few from the Philippines. The come here on GRADUATE STUDENT VISAS.
They HAVE CHILDREN here in the USA. Guess what? Their children are given AMERICAN passports. Not only that, the kids have SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS as well.
This then my friend is the PREVALENT understanding of the law.
As i said before, you may want to argue that what America is implementing as its citizenship laws are unconstitutional, but my argument still stands.
BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE PAST MANY DECADES , THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. That is, if you want to get rid of birthright citizenships for non-citizens.