Is it true that an American cannot become a Mexican citizen?
452395
Yes it is true because it is written in their constitution and if you are illegal you can't even work or own land so tell that to the illegals here
451533
I feel that anyone who wasn't born in the US or who wasn't born to parents who have citizenship in the US must be required to apply for immigration.  Residing in the country without a valid visa or US citizenship is ILLEGAL, and nullfies all rights which any liberals might seek to provide law breakers of any nationality.
1173127
You're asking two very different questions.  Once you're a legal immigrant, unless you're a felon, and if you've lived here for at least five years, you need only basic English understanding to become a  US Citizen.  However, if you're an illegal immigrant, you can't be a US Citizen.  You see; an illegal immigrant breaks the law by being here illegally; therefore, unless he or she becomes a legal immigrant, such as a US Resident, there is no way for him or her to become a US Citizen.  Furthermore, when people say that it's hard to become a US Citizen, if they are legal, they usually mean that it's hard to pass the written and oral English Test required for the Citizenship Certificate.
131268
No I can't since the current law requires the president to be an American-born citizen. Now an American of African decent, no problem. I just watched Colin Powell on Leno last night with the hopes that he would soften a little on the idea of running for President. He would be a good one.
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The answer is yes they are giving auto citizenship until otherwise they disown or renos it.\nSorry wrong one, 14th amendment\n\nThe several bills and resolutions now before Congress that would deny citizenship to children born in the United States to certain classes of alien parents raise various issues of law and policy. My testimony today will address two points of constitutional law. First, because the rule of citizenship acquired by birth within the United States is the law of the Constitution, it cannot be changed through legislation, but only by amending the Constitution. A bill such as H.R. 1363, 104th Cong. (1995), the "Citizenship Reform Act of 1995," that purports to deny citizenship by birth to persons born within the jurisdiction of this country is unconstitutional on its face. Second, the proposed constitutional amendments on this topic conflict with basic constitutional principles. To adopt such an amendment would not be technically unlawful, but it would flatly contradict our constitutional history and our constitutional traditions. Affirming the citizenship of African-Americans that Dred Scott had denied, in 1862 President Lincoln's Attorney General wrote an opinion for the Secretary of the Treasury asserting "[a]s far as I know . . . you and I have no better title to the citizenship which we enjoy than the 'accident of birth' -- the fact that we happened to be born in the United States." (5) Today, in 1995, we cannot and should not try to solve the difficult problems illegal immigration poses by denying citizenship to persons whose claim to be recognized as Americans rests on the same constitutional footing as that of any natural-born citizen. Members of both of your Subcommittees have worked vigorously, with the Department of Justice on an evenhanded bipartisan basis, on legislation and oversight to address these problems.\n\nI.\n\n\n       H.R. 1363, the "Citizenship Reform Act of 1995," exemplifies the various legislative proposals before the committees. The stated purpose of the bill is "to deny automatic citizenship at birth to children born in the United States to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens." Section 3(a) of the bill amends section 301(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which grants U.S. citizenship "at birth" to all persons "born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof." Specifically, section 3(a) proposes to define the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" to include only children born to U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens.\n\nthe Supreme Court held that a child born in San Francisco of Chinese parents (who, under the Chinese Exclusion laws then in effect, could never themselves become U.S. citizens) became at the time of his birth in the United States a citizen of the United States, by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment.\n\n       The Court, in a detailed review of the Anglo-American common law of citizenship and the legislative history of the Fourteenth Amendment, established several propositions. First, because the Constitution does not define United States citizenship, it must be interpreted in light of the common law. Under the common law of England, which was adopted by the United States, every child born within the territory of alien parents was a natural-born subject, with the exception of children born of foreign ambassadors, of alien enemies during hostile occupation, and of aliens on a foreign vessel.
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Just so you know......\n \nIn brief the Mexican Constitution states:\n \n1.  Immigrants and foreign visitors are banned from public political discourse.\n2.  Immigrants and foreiners are denied certain basic property rights.\n3.  Immigrants are denied equal employment rights.\n4.  Immigrants and naturalized citizens will never be treated as a real mexican citizen.\n5.  Immigrants and naturalized citizens are not to be trusted in public service.\n6.  Immigrants and naturalized citizens may never become members of the clergy.\n7.  Private citizens may make citizens arrest of law breakers(i.e.illegal immigrants) and hand them over to the authorities.\n8.  Immigrants may be expelled from Mexico for any reason and without due process.\n \nThis information would get alot of attention for sure.
679514
NO.  If you apply for citizenship in another country you foreit your American citizenship.\n\nThe only way you could have dual citizenship is if you were born somewhere outside of US, or automatically granted (like marriage).
189404
No. As long as you are loyal to the country, willing to bear arms for it, possess a good moral character, and know the basic history, and civic of the country, you can apply for the naturalization.
150348
The Mexican Consulate. In order to have dual citizenship you must have been born in Mexico, and then become a naturalized citizen. It is not a rare request and they do offer it after paying fees and providing the required Documentation. Is this so you can vote in Mexico?\nThere may be other ways to gain dual citizenship, such as generation clauses, but you would have to investigate that further.
61980
People become American citizens automatically either by being born in America or to an American citizen (either mother or father). People not born citizens can also naturalize through a fairly lengthy process.\n\nThe president is required to be a natural citizen (aka born in America or to American citizens), but for all other offices, the person must merely be a citizen, no matter how they became that way.
1121523
There is no "automatic" way to become a US Citizen unless you are 1) born in the country, or 2) born of US Citizens.\n\nEven adoptive parents have to apply for US citizenship for their children.
616012
Someone who is legal citizen of U.S.A.
665717
I posted similar question bout 15 minutes ago....here excerpt from cited link....\nThe Mexican constitution strictly defines the rights of citizens, and the denial of many rights to non-citizens. The General Law on Population, spelling out the country's immigration policy, should cause Americans to ask: Why is our southern neighbor pushing us to water down our immigration laws and policies when its own immigration restrictions are the toughest on the continent? If a felony is a crime punishable by more than a year in prison, Mexican law makes it a felony to be an illegal alien in Mexico. Yet if the United States adopted such a law, Mexico would no doubt denounce it as a manifestation of American bigotry.\n\nUnder Mexican law, illegal immigration is a felony. The General Law on Population says:\n\n_ "A penalty of up to two years in prison and a fine of 300 to 5,000 pesos will be imposed on the foreigner who enters the country illegally." (Article 123)\n\n_ Foreigners with immigration problems may be deported, rather than imprisoned. (Article 125)\n\n_ Foreigners who "(make attempts) against national sovereignty or security" will be deported. (Article 126)\n\nMexicans who help illegal aliens enter the country are considered criminals:\n\n_ A Mexican who marries a foreigner with the sole objective of helping the foreigner live in the country is subject to up to five years in prison. (Article 127)\n\n_ Shipping and airline companies that bring undocumented foreigners into Mexico will be fined. (Article 132)\n\nAll of the above runs counter to what Mexican leaders are demanding of the United States. The stark contrast between Mexico's immigration practices and its American-immigration preachings reveals the Mexican government's agenda: to have a one-way immigration relationship with the United States.\n\nLet's call Mexico's bluff on its interference in U.S. immigration policy. Let us propose, just to make a point, that North American Free Trade Agreement member nations standardize their immigration laws by using Mexico's law as a model.\n\nhttp://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=MEXICO-04-24-06
1169628
Don't get you?  If he is a citizen, he can't be deported ...
514373
You are very right.\n\nThey also require 3 things to be considered for citizenship:\n1) You must be able to speak Spanish.\n2) You must know Mexican history.\n3) Be living with a Mexican citizen.\n\nThey live by do as I say, not as I do.
830306
Technically you cannot have dual citizenship, to become a citizen of the US or UK you must give up any rights to your former country as part of your citizenship, however I am led to believe there are ways and means, of which I have not found yet.
505458
To get a work visa for the U.S. you have to be Mexican