Who are the officials?
Val Jar and Comey?
That’s a very strange policy, to the point that I’m wondering if the USCIS is trying to sabotage Trump. All over the world, children of a given nation’s citizens are generally considered citizens. Whereas children born in a given country are only citizens if at least one parent is a citizen of that country.
This may makenit harder for servicemen to get laid overseas.
More complicated than the simplistic headline
>>>explaining that the new rule would only affect three categories of people: Children of non-U.S. citizens adopted by U.S. citizen government employees or service members; children of non-U.S. citizen government employees or service members who were naturalized after the child’s birth; and children of U.S. citizens who do not meet residency requirements<<<
In other words, the Headline does not match the facts included in the story. Color me shocked...
Ridiculous! The military members, at least, were ORDERED overseas by their government. It would never hold up in court.
IOW, no more free rides to the big PX.
If both parents are non-citizens of the US, and a child is born on foreign soil, the patents may apply for the child’s citizenship.
This is consistent with court precedent. Previous policy was afoul of the law.
http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/14/14-60297-CV0.pdf
Thomas v. Lynch - 5th Circuit - August 7, 2015 - 14-60297
“The new policy is aimed at children seeking to acquire citizenship through what is known as the derivation process, a fast-track to citizenship for children of U.S. citizens.
“To derive citizenship, children must fulfill a residency requirement. Under previous regulations, living in a home abroad with their U.S. citizen parents fulfilled that requirement; the new rule will require that residence to be on U.S. soil.
“These children will now need to apply for citizenship under Section 322 of the INA, which considers them as born and residing outside the United States. That provision requires them to apply for naturalization, which must be completed before the child turns 18.”
Its good to tighten up these types of rules to discourage abuse and engender appropriate respect for U.S. sovereignty. The status of “Naturalized Citizen” shouldn’t be given away like candy.
This policy does not affect children born outside the United States who were citizens at birth or who have already acquired citizenship, including children who:
- Were born to two U.S. citizen parents, at least one of whom has had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions before the child’s birth;
- Were born to married parents, one of whom is a U.S. citizen and one a foreign national, if the U.S. citizen parent was physically present in the U.S. or one of its outlying possessions for at least five years, at least two of which were after they turned 14 years old;
- Were born to unmarried parents, one of whom is a U.S. citizen and one a foreign national, if the U.S. citizen parent meets the requirements listed in INA 309;
- Are otherwise eligible to receive a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) or a Certificate of Citizenship documenting U.S. citizenship acquired at birth; or
- Are residing in the United States in the legal and physical custody of their U.S. citizen parent after being lawfully admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence.
This is a lie. Trump officials made it clear that there is already a federal law in place to make children of US federal employees born overseas US citizens. Another lie from the media.
such LIARS these commies are!
Birthright Citizenship was anathema to the Founders of our Republic ... and they very carefully provided against granting it in the US Constitution
children born of parents who are citizens of foreign nations are born citizens of those foreign countries.. not USA...
Thank you for including the clarification in the excerpt. That headline is designed to stir up unnecessary strife.