Legal immigrants become citizens with all rights and responsibilities as natural born citizens save one, the right to be POTUS/VEEP. Natural born citizens are children born on the soil (jus soli) AND are born of citizen parents (jus sanguinis). This is the way it was understood by leaders/lawyers in the 18th Century and it is how it should be today. ONLY legal immigrants should be allowed to stay in the country or to become citizens. Without controlled borders and serious laws against illegal aliens we are not a nation.
For the record, I am incredibly proud that my ancestors immigrated to the New World, became citizens when the country was founded and had citizen children that included me.
Legal immigrants become citizens with all rights and responsibilities as natural born citizens save one, the right to be POTUS/VEEP. Natural born citizens are children born on the soil (jus soli) AND are born of citizen parents (jus sanguinis). This is the way it was understood by leaders/lawyers in the 18th Century and it is how it should be today. ONLY legal immigrants should be allowed to stay in the country or to become citizens. Without controlled borders and serious laws against illegal aliens we are not a nation.
For the record, I am incredibly proud that my ancestors immigrated to the New World, became citizens when the country was founded and had citizen children that included me.