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To: calenel

If you say, Birth on US soil = Natural born citizen, then two terrorists could come here give birth to a child and that child could grow up to be President. That is wrong.
The child would be a citizen, but not a “natural born” citizen because the parents were not citizens at the time of his birth.

Now if two persons come here and become citizens, then give birth to a child, then that child can grow up to be President because the child would be a “natural born” citizen.


867 posted on 12/07/2008 6:14:15 AM PST by seekthetruth
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To: seekthetruth
"If you say, Birth on US soil = Natural born citizen, then two terrorists could come here give birth to a child and that child could grow up to be President. That is wrong."

As terrorists they would technically be 'hostile occupying aliens', or at least I would consider them so. There are other excluded classes. I won't argue for the right of a terrorist's children to be eligible for POTUS, or even a citizen. I have previously mentioned thet La Raza would count as a hostile occupying army and that hteir children are not POTUS eligible. I know how ridiculously difficult to win such a case would be as well. Location of birth is critical. Status of parents as diplomats, Indians, or invaders is critical. Citizenship of parents is not.

876 posted on 12/07/2008 7:14:38 AM PST by calenel (The Democratic Party is a Criminal Enterprise. It is the Socialist Mafia.)
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To: seekthetruth
If you say, Birth on US soil = Natural born citizen, then two terrorists could come here give birth to a child and that child could grow up to be President. That is wrong.

Why is it wrong? It is a fundamentally American concept that we do not punish children for the actions of their parents, at least not by law. Legally-speaking, the motivations and behavior's of a kid's parents make no difference when it comes to whether that kid can run for President someday.

905 posted on 12/08/2008 7:50:34 AM PST by Citizen Blade (What would Ronald Reagan do?)
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