should  we  change  the  fact  that  people  who  where  born in  diffrent  countey  shouldn`t  be  president?
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Hitler was Austrian yet he was able to become Chancellor (President) of Germany. Hmmm.........
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Yes the Repuglicans should change to include all of America in their plans. A move toward the middle would help. As for the independents they should pick a side. Either side. They are the real problem here. Because they usually vote for the best Rhetoric and never mind the best person for the job. I would like to know why Repuglicans have a lock on the moral issue. I am against abortion, I just feel that government has no business in either moral issues or religious issues. Every time that a government has tried to legislate morality it has failed. It just drives it under ground and people do that behavior anyway. It actually has brought down governments as with the Roman empire and even England and many others. That is why we declared our Independence from England as they were trying to legislate their morality on us.
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Hell no. That would be a huge mistake. We have enough of them in our country as it is. Shame on our ancestors. Though it is a good thing that they landed on Puerto Rico first. Our government will never adopt that place as a state. They know what it will mean. It will be another DC.
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True remark that previous one. Except the Kennedys who where of Irish stock and the Dutch ancestry of Roosevelt, most US presidents are of English descent.
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a good proposal for an amendment for the Constitution would be  to change the requirements to be president.  you would still have to be 35 years old and be a resident in the United States for 14 years, but change the natural-born citizen part.  instead of being a natural-born citizen make it be a United States citizen for 40 years.  this way people whose parents move here when they are kids; these would be the only ways that they know and know as much as any other kid here.  i think this would be a grand topic to talk about in your paper and could easly elaberate on with examples.  remember to explain yourself and put your heart and soul into it to get a good grade.
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Yes. I didn't ask to be born American and I don't agree with everything the President does, but I'm not old enough to vote and I was born where I was born. It's not my fault.
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I agree 100%. However, citizenship cannot be awarded to those who have entered illegally. That is the problem. My grandparents came in through ports of entry in Baltimore and Boston. They were able to obtain citizenship because they came into this country in the correct manner. Those coming in underground, etc. cannot be given citizenship. In fact, they should legally be deported back to their own country.
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Anyone born in the US is a US citizen.  How would you like that to change?  Should every baby born here have to apply for citizenship, or just the babies of people you don't like?
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simply put ... no. because of the fact that he is not an american citizen by birth, he would have to get the congress to change the law.. which doesnt seem very plausible considering the ratings he is getting as mayor.
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It started off nice but toward the end, the last comment I have to disagree. I think even though someone is from another country its good to learn the English language but a person should not be forced to one language or to change what one believes in. When a person is diverse, it breaks down racial and ethnic barriers. We should show loyalty to our country but this country does not solely run  on its own. This country also depends on foreign imports and exchanges for goods and products. We should have loyalty to whom God has said "Love Thy neighbor as you would yourself". God did not specify that you had to American to apply this to your life. There are plenty of people that were not born in America that have made great contributions to this country that we all benefit from.
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We should, can, and will remove them to the best of our abilities, as funded by Congress, and signed into law by the President.\n\nMale, Caucasian
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No, because the Constitution states that a candidate must be born in the United States.  Puerto Rico is not a U.S. state, it is a U.S. territory.
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No, all presidents are of American or British descent.
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Only natural born citizens can be President.\nI agree with this because someone born here has more reason to defend the US then someone born elsewhere
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Legally, someone born in another country cannot run for President of the US.
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I dont know why the first respondent felt the need to laugh at your question, thats immature. \n\nI dont know if there will be a president who is any race other than white but I definitely think its something that should happen in the near future. I believe if a person of any race can be a citizen in this country and contribute to the economy, then they should be eligible for presidency.
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Because Presidents are supposed to be born in the country they run...\nIs just a rule, and I think it applies to every country.\nIt can be a bit shallow if you consider that if you arrived to a new country when you were 1 year old, you are practically from that country but... what can I say?\nYou can still be governor though. Ask Mr. Schwarzenegger.\n\nGoodluck!