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To: seekthetruth
John McCain because John McCain is not a natural born citizen either since he was born in Colon, Panama.

Just an FYI

....Congress first recognized the citizenship of children born to U.S. parents overseas on March 26, 1790, under the first naturalization law: "And the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born_citizen

612 posted on 01/04/2009 11:30:01 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron (The tree of liberty is getting mighty dry)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

A number of changes were made to the previous naturalization law:

Act Naturalization Act of 1790 Naturalization Act of 1795 Naturalization Act of 1798
Notice time no notice required 3 years 5 years
Residence period 2 years 5 years 14 years

The “notice time” refers to how long immigrants had to wait after declaring their intent to become a citizen. The “residence period” refers to how long they had to live in the United States before they could become a citizen. The Naturalization Act is considered one of the Alien and Sedition Acts passed contemporaneously in 1798. Like the Naturalization Act of 1790, 1795, this act also restricted citizenship to “free white persons”.

Naturalization Act of 1798
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The Naturalization Act, passed by Congress on June 18, 1798, increased the amount of time necessary for immigrants to become naturalized citizens in the United States from five to fourteen years. Although it was passed under the guide of protecting national security, most historians conclude it was really intended to decrease the number of voters who disagreed with the Federalist political party.[who?] At the time, most immigrants (namely Irish and French) supported Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans, the political opponents of the Federalists.

This act was repealed in 1802.


685 posted on 01/04/2009 7:02:07 PM PST by seekthetruth
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To: Las Vegas Ron; seekthetruth
"However, in 1795 the Congress passed the Naturalization Act of 1795 which removed the words "natural born" from this statement to state that such children born to citizens beyond the seas are citizens of the U.S., but are not legally to be considered "natural born citizens" of the U.S. This was done to clarify for those living at that time who was and who was not a "natural born citizen" per the framers intent at that time, since the 1790 Act had introduced confusion into that subject in regards to the use of those words in the Constitution. George Washington was also President in 1795, and thus he was aware of this change. And if he disagreed with the clarification and change in the wording in the new act in 1795, he would have vetoed the Naturalization Act of 1795."
689 posted on 01/04/2009 7:34:06 PM PST by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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