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Mitt Romney’s Status as a Natural Born Citizen
WILL ANYONE ANSWER THE QUESTION?
The Post & Email
John Sutherland, ©2012
1/17/2012
Excerpt:
The Question
"Besides his political views, the primary questions going around about Mitt Romney are concerned with his status as a natural born citizen. The answer to the natural born citizen question includes consideration of the status of land ownership in the United States and Mexico in the 19th century, the citizenship laws of the two countries and their territories, the timing of family immigration between the two countries, and the intention of the families and individuals with regard to citizenship. The last element is perhaps the most difficult to determine because everyone who would be important in establishing Mitt Romney’s status as a natural born citizen is now dead, and we have to rely on family and legal records, clear legal precedent at the critical time periods, and maybe a court determination or two.
Backing up a bit, my basic question with regard to this whole discussion is why, in light of the HUGE controversy about Barack Hussein Obama’s (assuming that is his real name) status as a natural born citizen, hasn’t this problem already been asked and answered by the GOP? Why do American citizens have to ask and answer the question? Is the GOP whistling past the graveyard on this issue, or do they know for certain that there is a problem? And if they know there is a problem, why has the GOP overwhelmingly embraced Mitt Romney (or Rick Santorum, another candidate with a questionable NBC status) as their chosen candidate?
Out of 300+ million people living in the USA, there have to be many, many qualified presidential candidates in which the question of natural born citizenship is NOT an issue. Interestingly enough, the antithesis of the GOP favored sons, Ron Paul, does not seem to have a natural born citizenship issue. What is wrong-headed with the GOP in 2012? Why are they leaving themselves open to criticism this way? Are they trying to lose the election in 2012?
In this article I’m not going to try to determine legally the answer to Mitt Romney’s status, largely because it is not my job to do so, but also because I am not qualified to do so. Having acknowledged that, however, it is my intention to put this question squarely on the table for discussion. It would seem obvious that Mitt Romney is a U.S. citizen (not so obvious with the current resident of the White House, I realize), but the question remains, were both of Mitt Romney’s parents U.S. citizens at the time of his birth, and if so, where is the un-tampered evidence of their citizenship? Did they have U.S. passports? If so, what established their U.S. citizenship? Neither the GOP, nor Mitt Romney, as far as I know, has ever addressed the subject of his natural born citizenship publicly, and I don’t believe the question has ever been tested in the courts. So, what’s the answer, and why is there a question?"
View the complete article at:
http://www.thepostemail.com/2012/01/...-born-citizen/
WILL ANYONE ANSWER THE QUESTION?
The Post & Email
John Sutherland, ©2012
1/17/2012
Excerpt:
The Question
"Besides his political views, the primary questions going around about Mitt Romney are concerned with his status as a natural born citizen. The answer to the natural born citizen question includes consideration of the status of land ownership in the United States and Mexico in the 19th century, the citizenship laws of the two countries and their territories, the timing of family immigration between the two countries, and the intention of the families and individuals with regard to citizenship. The last element is perhaps the most difficult to determine because everyone who would be important in establishing Mitt Romney’s status as a natural born citizen is now dead, and we have to rely on family and legal records, clear legal precedent at the critical time periods, and maybe a court determination or two.
Backing up a bit, my basic question with regard to this whole discussion is why, in light of the HUGE controversy about Barack Hussein Obama’s (assuming that is his real name) status as a natural born citizen, hasn’t this problem already been asked and answered by the GOP? Why do American citizens have to ask and answer the question? Is the GOP whistling past the graveyard on this issue, or do they know for certain that there is a problem? And if they know there is a problem, why has the GOP overwhelmingly embraced Mitt Romney (or Rick Santorum, another candidate with a questionable NBC status) as their chosen candidate?
Out of 300+ million people living in the USA, there have to be many, many qualified presidential candidates in which the question of natural born citizenship is NOT an issue. Interestingly enough, the antithesis of the GOP favored sons, Ron Paul, does not seem to have a natural born citizenship issue. What is wrong-headed with the GOP in 2012? Why are they leaving themselves open to criticism this way? Are they trying to lose the election in 2012?
In this article I’m not going to try to determine legally the answer to Mitt Romney’s status, largely because it is not my job to do so, but also because I am not qualified to do so. Having acknowledged that, however, it is my intention to put this question squarely on the table for discussion. It would seem obvious that Mitt Romney is a U.S. citizen (not so obvious with the current resident of the White House, I realize), but the question remains, were both of Mitt Romney’s parents U.S. citizens at the time of his birth, and if so, where is the un-tampered evidence of their citizenship? Did they have U.S. passports? If so, what established their U.S. citizenship? Neither the GOP, nor Mitt Romney, as far as I know, has ever addressed the subject of his natural born citizenship publicly, and I don’t believe the question has ever been tested in the courts. So, what’s the answer, and why is there a question?"
View the complete article at:
http://www.thepostemail.com/2012/01/...-born-citizen/