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To: El Gato
You can of course point out this law? (Hint: there is none. No statute law defines "natural born citizen". Citizen, sure, but not natural born citizen.>>>>>>>>>>>>>

S.301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

Citizenship is acquired , and "naturally born" is a prima facie assumption.So the question is what is "Unaturally born?"

Many servicemen and women have children abroad foeign postings, and this is how they obtain citizenship. But it would be rather gauche to suggest that hey are NOT naturally born in most instances of citizenship law contests involving the issue ( ie. qualifying for an SS number etc.) Of course one of the areas where that definition is an issue is in Article II , section 1 of the constitution.

There is a reason it is not defined. It simply has not had to be, yet.

Perhaps an Obama case will do so.

266 posted on 02/06/2009 8:08:54 AM PST by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, ( member NRA)
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To: Candor7
It's not "naturally born", it's "natural born" a term not defined in the Constitution, but probably well understood by the founding fathers because it was part of the common law.

The definition cannot be changed by simple passage of a statute by Congress. It means whatever it meant at the time that the Constitution was written.

527 posted on 02/06/2009 5:59:54 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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