The letter from John Jay to George Washington insisting on a natural born citizen still exists.
They wanted to exclude any foreign influence on the office by excluding those born with divided loyalties, allegiances, nationalities and citizenships.
Children of foreign nationals are exactly who they were excluding.
Which of the founders would have thought someone born a British subject was a natural born citizen?
Most of them were and grandfathered themselves with the part about “ a citizen at the time”, knowing there could not be a natural born citizen of the new United States for 35 years.
Immigration Bill Debate, Lurkinanloomin wrote:
The letter from John Jay to George Washington insisting on a natural born citizen still exists.
They wanted to exclude any foreign influence on the office by excluding those born with divided loyalties, allegiances, nationalities and citizenships.Children of foreign nationals are exactly who they were excluding.
Which of the founders would have thought someone born a British subject was a natural born citizen?
Most of them were and grandfathered themselves with the part about “ a citizen at the time”, knowing there could not be a natural born citizen of the new United States for 35 years.
This was directed at Alexander Hamilton who was born in the Brit province of Bermuda.