Unfortunately, Anchor Baby = natural born citizen.
I disagree, but it is what it is.
Actually Will, the question remains undefined by Congress. As such, we SHOULD being erring on the SAFE side. They have run from the question for years. The matter has been tackled and defined MANY TIMES down through the ages, and without digging them up and printing them here again, under most of those definitions, Harris FAILS to be eligible for VP, POTUS or even the Senate! Then after a time, liberals, unhappy that the definition excludes people from these high offices, try to overturn and water down the meaning.
Originally, Natural Born was defined according to similar lines as was understood by the British use of the phrase. Clearly, the Founders never intended or anticipated a person like Kamala running for POTUS. She is likewise eligible to serve on the Jamaican government-- -- -- how would that be if our president while in office was also serving on the government of a foreign power, a hostile one? And they worry about Russia?
At the heart of the matter is one simple problem: while other countries insist that anyone born on their soil must be born of natives of their country to be citizens, the USA has tried to take the OPPOSITE stance in its ever-greedy hope of appropriating ownership of people wherever they be: instead, the USA wants to consider both anyone born to US citizens even born on foreign soil to be a citizen of America AND anyone born here on our soil, EVEN IF THE PARENTS AREN'T AMERICAN CITIZENS! Even if by said birth, they are likewise considered by their parent's nations be be birthright citizens in THEIR countries.
That's pure bullshit.
In absolute terms, the only right way to do this is to STOP conflating Natural-born as if it means the same thing as Birthright citizenship, otherwise, WHY THE TWO DIFFERENT NAMES? To solve the problem, there must be THREE classes of citizenship:
- Native American (birthright citizenship): anyone born here on American soil, so long as the USA is able to exercise full jurisdiction over them.
- Naturalized citizen: Foreign born but coming here to be made citizen of this country too.
- NATURAL BORN American: A special class held for those wishing to attain our highest offices to set a high goal and to protect the integrity of these offices that such a person be of a mind and heart pure and loyal to America---- to be BORN HERE and be born of parents where at least one (traditionally the father) is also a natural born native American who was born here of American citizens.
Of course, there is more, this is a bit of a simplification.
This is serious shit and a sad commentary of the times it is being swept under the rug here and ignored once again. The Founders never intended that a person born and raised of foreign citizens, foreign citizens especially whom were only temporary residents of this country, raised to believe and identify with foreign ideas should end up PRESIDENT of the country! There is an insidious danger here that will become all too apparent but too late should some day, the wrong person be casually swept into office as Harris is being done now in our ANYTHING GOES culture of just making it up as we go along according to the mood of the day.
The really sad part is that we had this matter right and pretty much settled long ago several times, then let ourselves be argued out of it again and again by subversives. At one time you could even LOSE your US citizenship if under certain conditions, you were apart from the country too long.
This nation is full of fools and subversives just ripe for America to be taken right out from under our feet by our enemies as we fiddle away without a care.