Trump Admin: Children Born To US Service Members Overseas Will No Longer Be Considered US Citizens

[Soph0571]

Task & Purpose reports:

Children born to U.S. service members and government employees overseas will no longer be automatically considered citizens of the United States, according to policy alert issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday.

Previously, children born to U.S. citizen parents were considered to be “residing in the United States,” and therefore would be automatically given citizenship under Immigration and Nationality Act 320.

Now, children born to U.S. service members and government employees, such as those born in U.S. military hospitals or diplomatic facilities, will not be considered as residing in the U.S., changing the way that they potentially receive citizenship.

[link:https://www.joemygod.com/2019/08/trump-admin-children-born-to-us-service-members-overseas-will-not-longer-be-considered-us-citizens/|]

Only white parents need apply...
Why the fuck would you serve? These Nazi's are out of fucking control

[40RatRod]

1. That's going to change a lot of votes to against Trump

[Blue_true]

20. Yep.

The OP implied that Whites won't be affected. The policy dramatically effects career military officers and foreign service people, who are predominantly White.

I think the prick is striking at John McCain in the grave. McCain was born in the Canal Zone of Panama.

[dflprincess]

2. Aren't there Supreme Court decisions that cover this?

Nt

[FiveGoodMen]

3. NONE of us can count on any constitutional rights while these monsters are in charge.

America has already been taken over.

[IggleDuer]

4. That would have made John McCain a "furriner."

This would really help with military recruiting.

[Soph0571]

6. I think that this is about on US citizens serving as a path to citizenship

Those who serve to be part of the US - fuck the right off if you think we will ever accept you or your brown kids.

[LisaL]

11. No, the parents are already citizens according to the article. But their children born outside US

won't be considered citizens.

[LisaL]

10. Well, exactly.

People like McCain would therefore be ineligible to run for president. At least if I understand the article correctly.

[Bradical79]

16. Ted Cruz might be a better example

Dad was born in Cuba, and he was born in Canada.

McCain would be 100% in the clear because of specific law regarding the Panama Canal Zone.

[Spider Jerusalem]

18. Or George Romney who was born in Mexico to American parents (n/t)

[onenote]

14. No it wouldn't because the Panama Canal Zone is covered by a specific law.

Not affected by this interpretive ruling.

[IggleDuer]

23. IIRC McCain was born outside the Canal Zone in Panama City.

His parents wanted to go to a private hospital. The military hospital in the Zone wasn’t good enough for them.

[stopbush]

5. They wake up every morning thinking "what new cruelty can we inflict on the world before noon?"

Then, they go out and do it.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. +1

Exactly

[Guilded Lilly]

7. The Cretin and his party clearly hate America and Democracy. n/t

[Hekate]

8. What fresh hell is this?

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

[Buckeyeblue]

12. Is this satire?

[onenote]

13. Another article by someone who doesn't understand immigration law.

While I'm not saying the changes announced are good or a correct interpretation of the statute, they do not apply as broadly as the OP article (and many other articles) suggest. The provisions in question only apply to a limited number of situations in which a child born outside the US to US citizens does not acquire "citizenship at birth." Those situations include adoptions and the rare circumstance in which the child's parents didn't not live continuously in the US for at least one year at some time before the child's birth.

[LisaL]

15. I am not sure how "child born outside the US to US citizens" could include adoption.

Obviously if a US citizen adopts a child, that child is not born to that US citizen.

[onenote]

17. The provision is dealing with very unusual circumstances.

One example given in the guidance involves a U.S. citizen who may have automatically acquired U.S. citizenship based on birth in the United States, but never actually resided in the United States. This U.S. citizen will not have established residence in the United States, and may be unable to transmit U.S. citizenship to his or her own children.

On the other hand, the guidance does not apply to the following situations: a child born outside the US to parents both of whom are citizens of the United States and one of whom has had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions, prior to the birth of such person and to a child born outside the the United States where one of the parents is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States and where, prior to the birth of such child, the citizen parent was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years. That's going to cover most situations. And in those situations, being a government employee or serving in the military overseas counts as "physical presence."

[kskiska]

21. Chief Justice John Roberts adopted 2 children born in Ireland

[Blue_true]

19. Most foreign service people are White.

I think Trump's problem is more John McCain was born under the category that he wants to try to ban.

The next President should not only reverse the policy and make everyone affected by it immediate citizens, that President should also force Congress to pass a constitutional amendment and send it to the states for approval.

[Ilsa]

22. They are trying so hard to do away with birth citizenship.

I guess they'll make kids in the US take tests. And persons too disabled won't be citizens, and therefore won't get SSI.