Trump admin says children of US soldiers born overseas will no longer get automatic American citizenship

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Traditionally, U.S. military bases are considered to be part of American soil, but that will no longer be the case, according to President Donald Trump’s administration.

According to the military site Task & Purpose, babies born to U.S. soldiers overseas will no longer be considered American citizens.

The news came as part of a policy alert issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday. Previously, children born on bases would be considered to be “residing in the United States” and were automatically given citizenship under the Immigration and Nationality Act 320, which was updated in 2000 with the Child Citizenship Act.

“It’s a big deal because it is an attempt to limit the number of U.S. citizens who can transmit U.S. citizenship to their children because they have made the choice to patriotically serve their country in the military or other government service,” Ur Jaddou of America’s Voice told Axios in an interview.

For wives of soldiers stationed on the base, it means that they must leave the base after they reach 36 weeks of pregnancy as it is unsafe to travel after. So, expectant mothers must not only leave their spouse to ensure their child is an American, but it means they must also spend the remainder of their pregnancy, including the birth, without their partner.

“According to USCIS, previous legislation also explicitly said that spouses of service members who were living outside the U.S. because of their spouses were considered residing in the U.S., but ‘that no similar provision was included for children of U.S. armed forces members in the acquisition of citizenship context is significant,'” reported Task & Purpose.

It’s one of the reasons USCIS has decided those children are not considered to be residing in the U.S. and will no longer be given citizenship. They can begin the process to become “naturalized” after they return to the United States.
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This is more total Bull Shit. I grew up in the military and knew quite a few dependents that were born on US military bases in England, Germany, Japan and other locations around the world.They were all US citizens. What about non-military couples that are US citizens living overseas and have children on foreign soil? Take case of Ted Cruz. US Mother Cuban father born in Canada, not born on US soil.
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It's not just bullshit, it's a violation of Federal Law, especially if BOTH parents are citizens.
8 CFR 1401
The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
(a) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof;
(b) a person born in the United States to a member of an Indian, Eskimo, Aleutian, or other aboriginal tribe: Provided, That the granting of citizenship under this subsection shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of such person to tribal or other property;
(c) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of 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;
(d) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year prior to the birth of such person, and the other of whom is a national, but not a citizen of the United States;
(e) a person born in an outlying possession of the United States of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year at any time prior to the birth of such person;
(f) a person of unknown parentage found in the United States while under the age of five years, until shown, prior to his attaining the age of twenty-one years, not to have been born in the United States;
(g) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, 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: Provided, That any periods of honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or periods of employment with the United States Government or with an international organization as that term is defined in section 288 of title 22 by such citizen parent, or any periods during which such citizen parent is physically present abroad as the dependent unmarried son or daughter and a member of the household of a person (A) honorably serving with the Armed Forces of the United States, or (B) employed by the United States Government or an international organization as defined in section 288 of title 22, may be included in order to satisfy the physical-presence requirement of this paragraph. This proviso shall be applicable to persons born on or after December 24, 1952, to the same extent as if it had become effective in its present form on that date; and
(h) a person born before noon (Eastern Standard Time) May 24, 1934, outside the limits and jurisdiction of the United States of an alien father and a mother who is a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, had resided in the United States.
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S Miller? Deport US veterans. Kids in cages.

USCIS Director Ken Cuccinelli is showing S Miller how it's done in Virginia with a "Here, hold my beer" move in one month:

Statue of liberty is for Europeans only (white, not African, not Latinx, not Asian). Kick out sick kids so they die. Make soldier's kids non-citizens. Kick out international college students.
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This will be challenged in court.
The rule appears to primarily affect the children of naturalized US citizens serving in the armed forces who have not lived in the US for a required period of time, a relatively small number -- estimated to be approximately 100 annually, according to a Defense Department official. It does not impact anyone born in the United States.

US citizenship can be acquired a few ways, including being born in the country. Children born abroad can acquire citizenship through their US citizen parents either at birth or before the age of 18. While the latest policy guidance doesn't make anyone ineligible for citizenship, it appears to narrow how children abroad can gain citizenship.

"The policy change explains that we will not consider children who live abroad with their parents to be residing in the United States even if their parents are US government employees or US service members stationed outside of the United States, and as a result, these children will no longer be considered to have acquired citizenship automatically," said a USCIS spokesperson, referring to a section of the immigration code about residence.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/28/politics ... index.html
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