See I don't think it's ambiguous at all. It simply means that you must have been born a citizen. Must be at least 2nd generation.
Jim Davis wrote: >> -----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:259723 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
