> > Hmm. I think the law is that if you're o/`
> BOOOOORN IN THE USA... o/` you're a citizen,
> disirregardless of the status of your parents. If
> I'm incorrect, would somebody correct me?
> >
> > Nyperold
>
> I think you're absolutely right about that.
>
> I wonder what the rule would be for a child of
> US citizens who was born on foreign soil?
> Would that child be considered a US citizen
> because of his parents, or not? He'd probably
> be considered a citizen of the country he was
> born in, but would he then have to go through
> the naturalization process to become a citizen
> of the US?
>
> Gri"Heard 'Born in the USA on the radio the
> other day. It sounds like it's about
> Vietnam"shny

I don't know the details of American law on this, but normally the nationality of a child is based on that of it's parents, not on it's place of birth. That's why my brother is English and not Scottish.

I *think* I remember a news article about a US resident who was deported because someone realised that one of his sets of grandparents had been an illegal immigrant, and therefore so were their descendants. I might be completely wrong on that though. My memory often plays tricks on me.

winter"What do I know?"mute