As almost all Americans understand, the concept of "natural-born" U.S. citizenship has been a part of our political and legal landscape since our country's founding, because:
It protects babies born to those in the diplomatic corps, as well as other Americans attached to embassies and consulates:
It protects babies born to military personnel and government contractors stationed abroad:
It protects babies born to corporate personnel and other business people working abroad:
It protects babies born to professors, teachers, and researchers on assignment abroad:
It protects babies born to missionaries and religious personnel abroad, including people on pilgrimages:
And it even protects babies born - sometimes early and unexpectedly - to travelers and tourists on planes, trains, and cruise ships, or those taking family vacations:
***** A (somewhat whimsical) side note: Candidate Trump was himself born in Woodhaven, Queens County, New York.
Demographers tell us that Queens County is the most ethnically diverse county in the entire United States, with many hundreds of different ethnic groups represented. In fact, as of the latest data, almost 60 percent of residents in Queens spoke something other than English as their first - their "birth" - language.
Clearly, this sounds very iffy. Should Queens be declared a foreign country, calling into question Mr. Trump's "natural-born" status?
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