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To: coalminersson
In Europe in the 18th century and prior, people stayed in their own countries. Families assumed positions in society and the jobs descended from one generation to the next.

Have you wondered why most common English surnames are jobs? Baker, Cook, Cooper, Smith, Butcher, Fletcher, Butler, Fisher, Gardener, Hunter, just to name a few examples.

And then there is the suffix -son to a name, like Johnson - son of John.

These come from cultures (like early monarchies) where the people were subjects and families filled a place in society. A village only needed one smith, and the son of Smith became the next smith, and so on and on.

In the United States, our Founders came from these places (or their parents did), but they wanted a nation of laws and not of men (Kings). Citizens were descended from citizens, not from the land. That meant that foreigners were welcome, but they had to become citizens (naturalized) first, and then their children who were born would be born from citizens, too, making them natural born citizens while their parents are not.

So it's not that foreigners can never have children who are natural born citizens (or Trump would never be a citizen since his mother was born in Scotland), but once they become a citizen their future children become natural born citizens.

-PJ

469 posted on 09/28/2023 5:37:59 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too

the issue isn’t where trumps mother was born the issue is was she a citizen when he was born?

The first part of this post is irrelevant and commonly known.

I have been here done this before. Best wishes.


478 posted on 09/28/2023 7:56:18 AM PDT by coalminersson
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