> -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 12:21 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: McCain may not be eligible for the presidency > > > after all, my sister was born in Nuremberg, Germany (in the public > > hospital there, not on the base where my father was stationed at the > > time), and there's never been a question about her citizenship. She > > was born to parents who are (and were) US Citizens, done. > > I haven't been following this thread, so if someone has already covered > what > I'm about to ask then please forgive, but does the same principle then > hold > true for Mexican nationals who come across our border illegally to give > birth?
Yes - anybody born on American soil is considering a citizen (even if their parents are not). Generally anybody born to American parents abroad is also considered a citizen (I think there are exceptions however and you do have to file some paperwork). Since most other countries follow the same rules this generally results in dual citizenship for those born on foreign soil (again, as long as the parents bother to fill out the proper paperwork). Of course none of that actually defines what "natural born citizen" means... since the founding fathers didn't bother to make it unambiguous it's up to us to define it. Personally I think that any citizen (yes, even Arnie) should be able to run - the true block to "foreign" power in this case is the people's vote, not a silly, ambiguous rule. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259714 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
