Kamala was born in California, which makea her a natural born US citizen under Jus Soli. It doesn't matter if both her parents were not citizens at the time. I don't think ignoring half of Naturalization Law is going to help any argument.
An important point, even if you don't agree that the 14th guarantees jus soli citizenship, it is guaranteed in federal statute law by nature of birth on US soil to non-diplomat parents.
It does precisely matter that her parents were not citizens. They were not under sole jurisdiction of the US (Jamaica still had jurisdiction over them), so neither was she, so she is not 'natural born'. Citizen, yes, but not eligible for Presidency.
The US does not allow for dual citizenship when naturalizing, you have to renounce any previous citizenships.
If you're just BORN a US citizen though, you never had to renounce your other citizenship. And our courts don't recognize that other citizenship anyways.
So even though a court in Jamaica might rule her a Jamaican citizen, a court in the USA would only recognize her US citizenship. And there is no law saying that your parents must be US citizens in order for you to be a "natural-born" citizen. That's BS. Natural born just means born on US soil. Show me anywhere in law where it states otherwise, I'll wait.
Look I hate Kamala Harris as much as anybody but this argument is weak as hell.
My wife's entire family had to navigate this process as she was the first one born in the US. If you're saying Kamala can't run, then you'd be saying my wife couldn't run, and you'd be wrong. She's as american as it gets and nothing about her citizenship is any different than yours in any court in this country.
Kamala was born in California, which makea her a natural born US citizen under Jus Soli. It doesn't matter if both her parents were not citizens at the time. I don't think ignoring half of Naturalization Law is going to help any argument.
An important point, even if you don't agree that the 14th guarantees jus soli citizenship, it is guaranteed in federal statute law by nature of birth on US soil to non-diplomat parents.
It does precisely matter that her parents were not citizens. They were not under sole jurisdiction of the US (Jamaica still had jurisdiction over them), so neither was she, so she is not 'natural born'. Citizen, yes, but not eligible for Presidency.
But she is still a dual citizen unless she gave up her Jamaican citizenship.
The US does not allow for dual citizenship when naturalizing, you have to renounce any previous citizenships.
If you're just BORN a US citizen though, you never had to renounce your other citizenship. And our courts don't recognize that other citizenship anyways.
So even though a court in Jamaica might rule her a Jamaican citizen, a court in the USA would only recognize her US citizenship. And there is no law saying that your parents must be US citizens in order for you to be a "natural-born" citizen. That's BS. Natural born just means born on US soil. Show me anywhere in law where it states otherwise, I'll wait.
Look I hate Kamala Harris as much as anybody but this argument is weak as hell.
My wife's entire family had to navigate this process as she was the first one born in the US. If you're saying Kamala can't run, then you'd be saying my wife couldn't run, and you'd be wrong. She's as american as it gets and nothing about her citizenship is any different than yours in any court in this country.