Obama's Achilles heel - Natural Born Citizenship

What is a Natural Born Citizen?

For well over a year now, we have been hearing this question in regards to Barack Obama. It’s a good question, and one that is relevant only when discussing the President, Vice President, and anyone else who may assume the Presidency in the line of succession. This the only time that such a distinction matters.It will help in this very important discussion to understand the differing types of Citizenship that the United States recognizes and what defines them.
A Naturalized Citizen is one who has applied for and has qualified for American Citizenship. Someone applying for and being granted US Citizenship must meet the following qualifications according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website.
To be eligible for Naturalization one must:

• Be at least 18 years old at the time of filing the Application for Naturalization, Form N-400

• Have been lawfully admitted to the United States

• Have resided as a permanent resident in the United States for at least 5 years or 3 years if you meet all eligibility requirements to file as a spouse of a U.S. citizen

• Have demonstrated continuous permanent residence

• Have demonstrated physical presence• Have lived for 3 months in the USCIS district or state where the Application for Naturalization, Form N-400 is filed

• Demonstrate good moral character• Show an attachment to the U.S. Constitution

• Be able to read, write, speak, and understand basic English• Demonstrate a knowledge of U.S. civics (history and government)

• Take the oath of allegiance to the United States

The next type of citizen is that of a standard citizen. The USICS website describes a citizen thusly:
“A citizen of the United States is a native-born, foreign-born, or naturalized person who owes allegiance to the United States and who is entitled to its protection. In addition to the naturalization process, the United States recognizes the U.S. citizenship of individuals according to two fundamental principles: jus soli, or right of birthplace, and jus sanguinis, or right of blood (deriving citizenship through parent’s citizenship). Whether someone born outside the U.S. to a U.S. citizen parent is a U.S. citizen depends on the law in effect when the person was born. These laws have changed over the years, but usually require a combination of at least one parent being a U.S. citizen when the child was born and having lived in the U.S. or its possessions for a period of time” More Here

What do you mean you need my status? I'm insulted

I'd love to thank Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Bob Bennett of Utah, for asking this, I only hope more will follow their leads.
I find this to be very disturbing. Here is the Government once again bowing down to appease 'Illegal Immigrants' because some alphabet group and or church group is crying, threatening with you won't get our votes and to top it off guess what you just earned your self the title 'RACIST'. Call me Racist because there is nothing at all wrong with asking a question and being proud and standing with your race. They(Mexicans,Africans, and every other group) do it all the time.
I think there is nothing at all wrong with asking ones legal status. Why are we rewarding Illegals once again,with another privilege. What getting subsidies galore isn't good enough, and taking our jobs the Government claims no one wants. It's now insulting to ask someones 'Status' because they fear being here illegally. . . I think it's not only the right of the Government to know the correct status of residents but also the Tax Paying, Citizens of the U.S. who are supporting many of said 'Illegals' through the US Government welfare, Social Security Income (these folks have never paid into it like many Americans who get it undeservedly. I also propose a voter recount also because how many Non-Citizens Voted? I'm not talking 'Non-Citizen' Residents only that think they have the right to vote and decide how the Government can spend our taxes while they benefit. (beautifulnightmare)


Since the first Census in 1790, the bureau has routinely asked in various surveys whether people are native-born or foreign-born, but it has never asked about legal status.


Immigrants often are the hardest to count because many mistrust government, especially if they are in the U.S. illegally. Crackdowns on illegal immigration at the border and at work sites have made outreach for next year's Census even more challenging.

Some Latino groups such as the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders are calling for immigrants to boycott the Census unless laws are changed to give those here illegally a chance to gain legal status.

"Already the public fears that the Census is too intrusive," says Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, which opposes both the amendment and the boycott.
The "Take 10" campaign promotes the idea that the Census form has only 10 questions and should take just 10 minutes to answer. Adding questions would require designing new forms. "It's operationally impossible," says Steve Jost, Census associate communications director. "The forms are printed, folded. We have bilingual forms. ... We're printing 1.5 million forms a day."

By law, the Census is taken April 1. State population counts must be submitted to the president the following Dec. 31 so that seats in the House can be apportioned.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091014/NEWS08/910140385/2047/BUSINESS

Proposed last week by Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Bob Bennett of Utah, the amendment would exclude illegal immigrants from the population count used to allocate congressional seats after the 2010 Census. It also would require the Census to ask people whether they are citizens.

"Illegal aliens should not be included for the purposes of determining representation in Congress, and that's the bottom line here," Vitter says. If enacted, the amendment to an appropriations bill would stop funding of the 2010 Census unless the changes are made.
http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20091014/UPDATES01/91014024/Senators+try+to+exclude+illegal+immigrants+from+2010+Census