Reply #11: What does Senator Byrd have to say about this? [View All]

[LiberalFighter]

Here is the key part of the article.

Mr. McCain was born on a military installation in the Canal Zone, where his mother and father, a Navy officer, were stationed.

Is a U.S. military installation (base) considered U.S. soil? They consider a U.S. embassy to be a American soil so why shouldn't a U.S. base or a U.S. military ship, etc? I would though restrict this use to those that are already American citizens. If somehow a local citizen in that part of the world gave birth to a child then they should not automatically become a U.S. citizen.

Does Panama consider anyone born on a U.S. military base within their borders to be a Panamanian?

When one is born on a U.S. military base where are the birth records filed? With that country or in the U.S.?