There are plenty of people here who try to tell me exactly that. That foreign born children of one American citizen are natural born citizens.
What they fail to realize in the zeal for Ted Cruz is that Anwar Al-Awlaki’s kids (born in Yemen to one citizen parent) are as eligible to be President as Ted Cruz.
They are completely wrong. You can refer them to the Amer-Asians Act.
Thousands of children were born to American GI’s in Korea & Vietnam and can prove their parentage. Many have fought for years to obtain citizenship. They are not automatic citizens and certainly not natural born. So again tell me how Cruz had the audacity to claim himself to be a natural born citizen. These persons are more qualified having been the offspring of men serving there country.
Amerasian Act | USCIS
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Public Law 97-359 (Act of 10/22/82) provides for the immigration to the United States of certain Amerasian children. In order to qualify for benefits under this law, an alien must have been born in Cambodia, Korea, Laos, Thailand, or Vietnam after December 31, 1950, and before October 22, 1982, and have been fathered by a U.S. citizen.
Amerasian Naturalization Act of 2003 (2003; 108th …
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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the automatic acquisition of citizenship by certain Amerasians. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress. To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the automatic acquisition of citizenship by certain Amerasians.
The Forgotten Amerasians - The New York Times
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May 28, 2013 · The bill is widely described as sweeping in scope. In fact, it is not quite sweeping enough, as it leaves the plight of another group of would-be Americans unaddressed....