“Born in the U.S.A...”
That’s nice. So was Gov. Bobby Jindal.
But Jindal’s parents were still citizens of India when he was born here. Were Marco Rubio’s parents U.S. citzens when he was born?
If not then he is no more eligible to be President than is the governor of Louisiana.
A natural born citizen is born here to citizen parents. Representatives and Senators only need be a citizen to serve in Congress - native born, citizen-by-statute, or naturalized. Only the President must be native born AND have both parents who are citizens.
This is something that should be fairly easy to find out. However, it is highly probable that his parents became US citizens, since special provisions eased the citizenship process for emigres from Cuba at that time in our history.
Then John McCain was ineligible to be president because he was born at the Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone.
The rub with Obama is not so much that his father was a citizen of Kenya, but that Obama may have been born IN Kenya, not in HI.
All but the most avid conspiracy birthers would slink away if it could be proven beyond a doubt that Obama was born in HI.
Without a doubt, Rubio was born on U.S. soil. There should be no question he OR Jindal is eligible to be President. They are.
I’m not sure the basis of your assertion that “natural born citizen” = “born in US of US citizen parents.” This definition is not in the Constitution and has never been reviewed by in the Supreme Court. The practical definition is “born in the US to parents that are legal residents of the US (citizen or not) OR born anywhere to parents who are US citizens.”
I’m open to correction, if this isn’t precise.