Imagine a Palestinian living in Syria travels to the USA and is given Asylum. Then he marries an American and gets a job in the petroleum industry, then is sent to Jordan. While there he applies to Jordan and he and his wife become Jordanian citizens. The have a son while living in their new country. As the son's mother was an American citizen, when the boy turns 16 she has his birth registered with the US Consulate as a citizen. The family travels back to live in America and eventually their son decides to run for the US Presidency. To avoid "complications", when he starts his campaign he officially renounces his Jordanian Citizenship.Now, Imagine Cruz wins the nomination and becomes President. His path to the Presidency will become the unquestioned precedent going forward.
No matter how much you love Ted Cruz, are you willing to see what I described above come to pass? Some time in the future the Liberals or the Islamists will search out a candidate that fits the "Cruz path" and then we really will have no hope left.
Since one of the child’s parents is a US citizen, yes, I’m fine with it.
As the law is written, they are citizens.
If I were living abroad and had a child, I would want my child to be eligible to serve. Just because the country I’m living in bestows the gift of their citizenship on them as well does not mean my child’s loyalties will be to that country. Particularly when we move back to the states a short time after they are born.
The intent of the founding fathers was very clear: flat out immigrants would have divided loyalties. My great grandfather/mother were immigrants from Eastern Europe in the early 1900s. They came to this country because of its freedoms. But they came as teenagers. They would have had divided loyalties.
Someone born a citizen would not. Their birthright citizenry satisfies the natural born clause. To argue otherwise is factually incorrect. There is no precedent, judicial ruling, or US law which states otherwise. You’re on the losing end of this argument. I’m sorry, but you just are.
So instead, let’s talk about how utterly unacceptable Donald Trump is as a candidate. Someone who stands for nothing but himself, who has nothing at his core to keep him grounded other than the love of himself.
Is that someone you want leading our country? Someone who has the record of some of even the most worst liberal democrats, with his hands in the pants of countless establishment characters with donations to back that up?
The man is corrupt and has zero business running for President, let alone the GOP nomination.