The US is not the only country with these rules, it is just seen by many
parents as an advantage for their child to be born in the US and to have
all of the protections that a US citizenship implies.
 
For a more comprehensive explanation of dual nationality see:
http://travel.state.gov/dualnationality.html   

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne R. Boyer [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 1:11 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Pledge of Allegiance ? Was church and state

In a message dated 7/3/02 8:17:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:


> Accident of birth is not correct.  Many people did (and still do) come
to
> the U.S. to give birth to their children, so that their children are
then
> citizens of the U.S.
>
>

US rules for citizenship and immigration are a bizarre mess.  This is
just
one of the dumb things about it.  Where a woman gives birth to a baby
makes a
difference in the baby's citizenship.

Wouldn't it make much more sense to say "children of US citizens are US
citizens and children on non-US citizens and also non-US citizens"?

Dare I mention how this ties in to the H1B program?  How about the
differing
rules for different nationalities?  Accepted but illegal aliens?

Wayne Boyer

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