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Skriven 2006-11-30 13:44:22 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 43372 av shannon talley (1:275/311)
Ärende: Mystifying Citizenship
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28 Nov 06 15:05, shannon talley wrote to LEE LOFASO:

Part of the law:

"The term "natural born Citizen" includes children born outside the United
States to citizen parents.  This provision provides comfort and certainty
to members of the American military and foreign services, as well as
expatriate families, that their children, too, are eligible to run for
president.  These children are no less qualified than children born on
American soil, and they should not be treated differently.  Of course,
children born to American citizens abroad would only be eligible to run
for president if they satisfied the fourteen year residency requirement in
addition to the "natural born" requirement."

 st> Howdy,

 >> ST> My daughter was born in a Panamanian hospital while I was
 >> ST> stationed in Panama.  She is legally considered a U.S. Natural
 >> ST> Born Citizen.

 >> - Article II, Section I, Clause IV of the U.S. Constitution
 >> Note the provision of eligibility, "at the time of the Adoption
 >> of this Constitution", which in effect bars your daughter from
 >> running for president or vice president, unless your daughter is
 >> at least 230 years old.  :)

 st> There are several other immigration clauses which preclude this
 st> article in this instance, and the instance where my friend's parents
 st> were citizens of this country on vacation.  In the instance of my
 st> daughter, I was in military service while serving my country
 st> overseas.  She is eligible for any public office, even though she was
 st> born in Panama.  However, when she turns 18, she will have the option
 st> to choose her citizenship (in the case of Panama). Obviously, if she
 st> chooses Panamanian citizenship, then she waives her American
 st> citizenship completely.

 st> Cheers!
 st> Shannon

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