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jimrtex
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« on: September 28, 2005, 02:22:12 AM »

The physical location of where you were born doesn't matter. It's if your parents are American citizens, in which case you would become one. People living in territories are American citizens too, so if your parents lived there it would be valid.

Interestingly, Barry Goldwater was not born in a state. He was born in Arizona Territory, 3 years before it became a state.

No, that is not true.  Native-born means that you have to have been born on native soil.  Territories count since they are American territory, but if you were born in say, India, you cannot be President.
The Constitutional requirement is to be a "natural born citizen", that is someone who is a citizen due to the nature of one's birth, as opposed to being naturalized.  Persons born in Puerto Rico are natural born citizens only because Congress has passed laws to that effect.  While children born abroad to two US Citizen parents are natural born citizens, not all children born to only one US Citizen parent are natural born citizens.  The parent has had to have lived in the US or it territories for a certain period of time.  The particular qualifications has changed over time, and at one time was restricted to children with a US citizen father.
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jimrtex
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« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2005, 02:26:36 AM »

No, that is not true.  Native-born means that you have to have been born on native soil.  Territories count since they are American territory, but if you were born in say, India, you cannot be President.
George Romney was born in Mexico.  When he was running for president, there were suggestions that he was not eligible, but these were generally discounted.
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« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2005, 08:51:29 AM »

Holds dual citizenship.
I don't think the US allows dual citizenship.
Yes we do. I have dual citizenship.
Dual citizenship is rare. 

How did you get it, PADem?
The US doesn't actually recognize dual citizenship, but rather recognizes that some US citizens may be regarded by other states as being their citizens.

The US can not strip someone of their US citizenship.  A US citizen may voluntarily relinquish their US citizenship by certain overt acts.  Over time, these acts have had to become more overt and substantial.  For example, at one time if a US citizen female married a foreign male and the couple was domiciled in his country, then the female was regarded as having relinquished her citizenship (and could not transmit citizenship to her children).  Nowadays, a US citizen can participate in a naturalization ritual in a foreign country and would remain a US citizen.
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