On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM, J.J. Merrick <[email protected]> wrote: > Regardless if you are born here you get citizenship... Same goes for > most kids born overseas if the parents are in the military or > missionaries. I have friends that are dual US-Germany, US-Japan, and > US-Brazil.
I believe it is the case that, officially, the US does not recognize dual citizenship. If you are an American citizen, you are an American citizen period. If Canada also wants to give you a passport, that is their business. As of the adoption of the 14th Amendment (1868), all persons born on US soil are considered US Citizens. > Though I will say that it is the 14th "amendment" which means that it > was added too... thus can be taken away if the lawmakers so deem... > though I am not a fan of changing it. Every part of the Constitution is amendable. And lawmakers alone are not capable of changing the Constitution (nor was this bill created as a constitutional amendment). As for the notion of Amendments being somehow "less" than the main document body...well, let us just say that I rather doubt that Rep. Deal feels that the 2nd Amendment is only sort of part of the Constitution. Juda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317019 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
