Natural Born Citizen Puns

What should the birthright citizenship law say? Should all children born in the US have citizenship at birth? Should it only be for children of citizens? How about for children of legal permanent residents? For example, I was born in the us to 2 parents (from Canada) who were legal permanent residents at the time of my birth. What do you think my citizenship at birth should have been? And why?

Hey all, I realize some version of this question gets asked constantly, but I'm hoping for some insight into the immigration implications for my spouse if we travel outside of the US for about a year. Here's the deal: I'm a US citizen by birth and my spouse has a green card via our marriage (with conditions removed). She's actually eligible for citizenship now, but we won't be able to apply + get a passport in time for travel.

My partner is pregnant, and we're considering going to her home country for the year—and giving birth there—starting sometime early spring. We'd both be maintaining our jobs in the US (I'm an academic who does research in her country, and she has remote work). We'd be maintaining our apartment (though we might sublet since we're in a very expensive city), car, health insurance, etc., and we would return to our lives here after a year. We'd like to spend time in her country because 1) her father is an OBGYN specializing in high-risk births, 2) I could do research in her country, and 3) we have no family nearby, and her family would be able to help with childcare for the first year. Plus, if we could sublet our place, we'd save considerable money since we have an apartment in her home city.

My questions:

1. Should we file an I-131? Processing times are currently >11 months in our region, which would mean we'd only get approval after leaving.
2. If we don't file an I-131 and stay < 365 days, what are the implications for her green card/naturalization? Would we just break "continuous residence?"
3. Would returning before 6 months for ~2 weeks make a difference? I've seen different answers here.
4. Is there any way to not break the continuous residence clock? Unfortunately, my university is not listed as an "American Institution of Research," which could allow her to preserve residence for naturalization purposes. I'm trying to see if we could get added, but I doubt it would happen quickly enough even if we're eligible.
5. Could we apply for naturalization, travel, and just come back before 6 months is up (and then travel back to her country)? Or would that be deeply frowned upon?

What we absolutely don't want to do is endanger permanent residency. If we reset the continuous residence clock, we could potentially deal with it—my only concern there is that then we'll probably run into this problem again in the future unless we just stay put for a few years and get her citizenship.

Thanks for the

Only natural-born citizens are eligible to become president, excluding adoptees from abroad and individuals who immigrated to the US as children or infants, along with all other naturalized citizens, from the presidency. It is believed that this was adopted in order to prevent foreign influence over the US government.

Do you think that this is still necessary in our globalized modern world? Do you think naturalized citizens are more likely to be influenced by foreign governments so that they should be excluded?

In a tweet in 2012, Donald Trump, now sitting President of the United States of America, has made a tweet accusing the sitting president of that time, Barack Obama, of being born outside of the United States of America("Kenya"). In yesterday's news after Kamala Harris announced her run for Vice Presidency of America as Joe Biden's running mate, president Donald Trump told reporters that he heard a "highly qualified, very talented lawyer" opine that Harris didn't qualify to serve as vice president, later telling the same reporter, as per in the transcript of the interview, "But that’s a very serious… You’re you’re saying that they’re saying that she doesn’t qualify because she wasn’t born in this country."

These statements/inquiries from Donald Trump, a then US private citizen, now the holder of the office of the President of the United States, seem to be made in reference to the following statement:

>No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President;

The above statement, under Section 1 of Article Two of the United States Constitution, also known as the Natural-born-citizen clause sets forth the eligibility requirements for serving as president of the United States.

There are past president(s) who have been challenged of their eligibility to hold office because of this clause. Barack Obama, for example, has released a copy of his birth certificate to the public in rebuttal of accusations that he is not a natural-born citizen.

With that said:

• At which stage and to whom, is a president required to submit proof of natural-born citizenship, should they decide they want to be the president?

• There is no such requirement for taking office as the Vice President. However, following the United States presidential line of successio

Jenna Ellis, a Senior Legal Advisor for the Trump Campaign, retweeted a tweet from Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, which was a link to an opinion article questioning Kamala Harris’ eligibility.

Jenna Ellis was then quoted as saying ‘It’s an open question, and one I think Harris should answer so the American people know for sure she is eligible.’

https://twitter.com/wsteaks/status/1293936965449113605?s=21

How do you feel about important members of the Trump campaign and parts of the Republican Party going to birtherism again?

For context, Kamala Harris was born in Oakland, California and grew up in Berkeley, California. Her mother emigrated to the US in 1960 (four years prior to Kamala being born) and her father emigrated to the US in 1961.

https://www.newsweek.com/some-questions-kamala-harris-about-eligibility-opinion-1524483?amp=1

Link to the tweet from Tom Fitton that Jenna Ellis retweeted: https://twitter.com/tomfitton/status/1293897006637867008?s=21

The President himself later promoted the idea that Harris's eligibility is "an open question".

Do you think it's reasonable to question Harris's qualifications to run for President, or is it offensive that Trump has now questioned two minority candidates born within the US and their eligibility to be President, along with a third GOP rival who was Hispanic?

Can you deport a natural born US citizen? What if a natural born US citizen gets dual citizenship in another country. Then gets diplomatic immunity in the US. What if this person then commits a crime.

In most cases the individual is deported, but can you deport a natural born US citizen?

For Example: Doesn't Meghan Markle get diplomatic immunity as a member of the English Royal Family?

This came from the Naturalization Act of 1790, which said that "the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural-born citizens..."

I had to tell the truth: "Nope. Cesarean!

The idea they had was to prevent something similar to how Frederick the Great of Prussia had installed a puppet to the Polish kingship, but they also knew that some great leaders had come from outside the countries they were to rule. Their own previous British kings were this, including William of Orange from the Dutch Republic who ended up giving the British the Bill of Rights which would have been the major civil liberties and pro (what would eventually become) democracy legislation the British had at the time.

Why was it so important to them that these new presidents would be born as an American citizen as opposed to perhaps not being a dual citizen and a citizen for 25 years or more?

Hi,

I am posting because I woke up this morning to news of new UCIS policies affecting the children of American citizens abroad. Specifically, the headline referenced Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Government servants stationed abroad, but I couldn’t find clarification on just citizens.

I would guess that if the aforementioned groups have to hypothetically file for their child’s citizenship via naturalization, that we would too. That said, the actual legalize was confusing and contradictory, and IANAL.

My wife and I don’t have kids yet, but we’re planning for it in the next two or three years. Our concern is that if they aren’t American citizens, that should something happen to my wife (death, for example) during the window of time while the application process is being done, that if I had to return to the US there would be (unknown) consequences for trying to cross the border with children who aren’t citizens. This is further complicated because where we live (Poland) doesn’t have jus sanguines citizenship, and my residency could be affected if my wife were to pass away.

In general, my wife passing away so young (we are both 27) is a fringe case but I almost passed at 24 so it is something that we seriously consider.

If anyone could provide some clarification, it would be much appreciated.

Full regulation is here:

https://www.uscis.gov/news/fact-sheets/uscis-policy-manual-update