Full American Citizenship for Naturalized Citizens
A Campaign Initiated by John Yinger
Foreign-born adoptees who are naturalized as American citizens when they are babies or young children have all the rights of American citizenship — except for one right of great symbolic importance: They are not eligible to be President of the United States. This page of my web site is dedicated to correcting this unfair situation, that is, to obtaining full American citizenship for foreign-born adoptees and other naturalized citizens. If you want to help with this campaign or have comments on it, please send me an e-mail at joyinger@syr.edu
THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT:
Replace the first part of the Presidential eligibility clause in the Constitution with the following:
No person except one who has been a citizen of the United States for at least thirty-five years shall be eligible to the office of President;
Announcement, October 7, 2004
New Initiatives to Eliminate the Natural-Born Citizen Requirement in the U.S. Constitution
Written Statement presented to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
“Maximizing Voter Choice: Opening the Presidency to Naturalized Americans”
By: John Yinger “A Simple Matter of Equal Rights: Let Naturalized Citizens Run for President” October 5, 2004
Testimony presented to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
“A Simple Matter of Equal Rights: Let Naturalized Citizens Run for President”
By: John Yinger “A Simple Matter of Equal Rights: Let Naturalized Citizens Run for President” October 5, 2004
Op-Ed Piece About Barney Frank’s Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Myths Invoked to Defend Second-Class Citizenship for Naturalized Citizens
My Testimony on the Barney Frank Amendment
Commentary
Origins and Interpretation of the Presidential Eligibility Clause in the U.S. Constitution
Related Sites
Two sites with extensive information about adoption