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The President and the Vice President must additionally be a 'natural-born citizen'. Foreign-born politicians may gain U.S. citizenship by means of birth (if one or both of their parents were citizens who met the requirements to transmit citizenship at birth), derivation (if they acquired citizenship from their parents after birth but before the ...
Since most foreign-born cabinet members are not natural-born citizens—meaning that they were not born in the United States or born abroad to American parents—they are ineligible to exercise the powers of the President of the United States in the event that "neither a President nor Vice President" is able to "discharge the powers and duties ...
This is a list of United States senators born outside the United States. It includes senators born in foreign countries (whether to American or foreign parents). The list also includes senators born in territories outside the United States that were later incorporated into the United States (except for those born in the British colonies and territories in North America (or in the temporarily ...
More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them are in the Western Hemisphere. The reason is more complicated than ...
A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship, saying it’s likely unconstitutional and “runs counter to our ...
The 38-year-old entrepreneur was born in the U.S. to two non-citizens, which means he personally gained citizenship through birthright, though he noted that his parents immigrated to the country ...
Georgia has had six foreign-born governors, who all served in office during the 18th century. The other states with the most foreign-born governors are Wisconsin (five), Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, and Oregon (four each). Additionally, from 1905 to 1921 Utah had three consecutive foreign-born governors (John Cutler, William Spry ...
Emeraude Toubia - Born in Canada but raised in United States. Tracey Ullman – Born in the United Kingdom. Became a U.S. citizen in 2006. [123] Angélica Vale – Born and raised in Mexico. Became a U.S. citizen in 2016. [124] Diana Van der Vlis; Nia Vardalos; Sofía Vergara – Born and raised in Colombia. Became a U.S. citizen in 2014.