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To: Non-Sequitur; seekthetruth
Now unless all four of Giuliani's grandparents were naturalized citizens when Giuliani's mother and father were born, then one or the other or both wouldn't be citizens as well.

So then if a family of four comes to America and the parents are naturalized, that the children remain aliens??? That is just "plain crazy".

U.S. law defines natural born citizen as one born in the U.S.

Then why did the Senate in Resolution 511 make it dependent upon McCain having been born of two American citizens:

"Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a ‘‘natural born Citizen’’ under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States."

It acknowledged the fact that his natural born status depended upon both parents being American citizens as well as location on American territory.

267 posted on 12/01/2008 11:53:52 AM PST by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: Uncle Chip
So then if a family of four comes to America and the parents are naturalized, that the children remain aliens??? That is just "plain crazy".

Agreed. Which is one of the areas I disagree with Donofrio's interpretation.

Then why did the Senate in Resolution 511 make it dependent upon McCain having been born of two American citizens:

A Senate resolution is not the same as a law. And in fact I don't think S511 was necessary at all. By all reasonable interpretations of the laws on the books McCain is a natural born U.S. citizen and eligible to run for president.

290 posted on 12/01/2008 1:52:21 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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