There are also children legally adopted from other countries to American parents. That should be of interest to couples that cannot give birth to their own children. Are the children of these parents handicapped to their political rights?
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Part H - Children of US Citizens (click here)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Part H - Children of US Citizens (click here)
A child born outside of the United States may acquire U.S. citizenship through various ways. The table below serves as a quick reference guide to the acquisition of citizenship provisions. The chapters that follow the table provide further guidance....
The legal definitions can be very technical:
(E) (i) a child adopted (click here) while under the age of sixteen years if the child has been in the legal custody of, and has resided with, the adopting parent or parents for at least two years or if the child has been battered or subject to extreme cruelty by the adopting parent or by a family member of the adopting parent residing in the same household : Provided, That no natural parent of any such adopted child shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under this Act; or...
In this particular instance, the child would be adopted and would automatically raise questions about it's naturalized state of citizenship. But, the child was born in the USA. That fact might not be readily known. When a child is adopted (and perhaps this should be a legal requirement) the new parent(s) should ask or be provided with the country of origin of the child's birth parents.
Sometimes adopting parents find the natural parents a threat. So in providing the only country of origin to the adopting parents gives them control of the information provided their child. Some adopted children when adults cannot handle that information, but, it would be invaluable for someone such as Ted Cruz when seeking office.
The legal definitions can be very technical:
(E) (i) a child adopted (click here) while under the age of sixteen years if the child has been in the legal custody of, and has resided with, the adopting parent or parents for at least two years or if the child has been battered or subject to extreme cruelty by the adopting parent or by a family member of the adopting parent residing in the same household : Provided, That no natural parent of any such adopted child shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under this Act; or...
In this particular instance, the child would be adopted and would automatically raise questions about it's naturalized state of citizenship. But, the child was born in the USA. That fact might not be readily known. When a child is adopted (and perhaps this should be a legal requirement) the new parent(s) should ask or be provided with the country of origin of the child's birth parents.
Sometimes adopting parents find the natural parents a threat. So in providing the only country of origin to the adopting parents gives them control of the information provided their child. Some adopted children when adults cannot handle that information, but, it would be invaluable for someone such as Ted Cruz when seeking office.
