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jberryhill

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14. Because of the relevant immigration law in 1961

Fri Jan 8, 2016, 09:43 AM

Jan 2016

In 1961, there were additional age and length of US residency as an adult question which would have disqualified a person born abroad to an 18 year old US citizen mother.

There are still US residency requirements on the US citizen parent, but they have been lowered.

Under the old system, you could send your pregnant teen daughter for a "semester abroad", she could have the baby and give it to a convent, and she could return to the US without risk of the child showing up later on.

It doesn't work that way any more.

The point of the residency requirement of the US citizen parent is so that there are not successive generations of US citizens born to people who have never even lived in the US.

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Is every child fathered abroad by US servicemen, eligible to be president? [View all] SoCalDem Jan 2016 OP

Why limit it to servicemen? hobbit709 Jan 2016 #1

US soldiers are not all US citizens jberryhill Jan 2016 #2

Most soldiers are American..and there were many babies fathered over there SoCalDem Jan 2016 #4

Have those children lived in the US for 14 years? jberryhill Jan 2016 #6

No, but are they as "natural born" as Cruz? SoCalDem Jan 2016 #7

Your question was: jberryhill Jan 2016 #13

Yes. Why would anybody think otherwise? stone space Jan 2016 #3

Here it is from INS Lee-Lee Jan 2016 #5

Why wasn't Obama not madokie Jan 2016 #8

3 guesses, first two don't count. hobbit709 Jan 2016 #9

That's exactly what I thought madokie Jan 2016 #11

Because Republicans are evil rotten twits SoCalDem Jan 2016 #10

Because of the relevant immigration law in 1961 jberryhill Jan 2016 #14

Let's cut to the chase: Republicans would say a being born on Mars to a Jovian and a Venusian can WinkyDink Jan 2016 #12