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To: sparklite2
"If you are born on US soil, you are a US citizen regardless of your parents’ nationality."

Only by way of a bastardization of the 14th Amendment. If our country followed original intent, simply being born on US soil would not be enough to gain "citizenship."

This of course, says nothing about the distinct difference between a "citizen" of the U.S. and a "natural born Citizen" of the U.S. which is what I was responding to in post #19.

88 posted on 12/07/2017 1:10:32 PM PST by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: rxsid
Okay.  One more time ...

The U.S. Constitution uses but does not define the phrase "natural born Citizen", and various opinions have been offered over time regarding its precise meaning. The consensus of early 21st-century constitutional scholars, together with relevant case law, is that natural-born citizens include, subject to exceptions, those born in the United States. Many scholars have also concluded that those who meet the legal requirements for U.S. citizenship "at the moment of birth", regardless of place of birth, are also natural-born citizens.
I find no 'exception' such that the nationality of the parents is a factor.

90 posted on 12/07/2017 1:24:28 PM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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