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Originally Posted by Kevin
If a child born to an illegal alien is "natural born," surely a child born on a U.S. military installation is natural born.
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I don't know that's necessarily the case. (It should be, but whether it would be, I don't know.) It seems that the question might turn on whether the child in born on land under US sovereignty. At least according to the Wiki article cited (usual disclaimers, I know), "Despite widespread popular belief, U.S. military installations abroad and U.S. diplomatic or consular facilities are not part of the United States within the meaning of the 14th Amendment. A child born on the premises of such a facility is not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and does not acquire U.S. citizenship by reason of birth."
The way it looks to me, though, is I only know of two kinds of citizens -- natural born and naturalized. Working from the assumption that he
is a citizen, if he's not naturalized, then doesn't he have to be natural born?
I'm glad I don't do immigration law.