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Should Baby Born Mid-Flight Over Pacific Ocean be Considered a U.S. Citizen?

A Question of Citizenship for Baby Born Mid Flight Over the Pacific Ocean

Aida Alamillo gave birth to her son on a flight from the Philippines to the U.S.--leaving the question about his technical citizenship open. (Photo credit: Fox 25 Boston)

A pregnant woman from the Philippines was on a plane to the United States when she suddenly went into labor and gave birth to a baby boy mid-flight over the Pacific Ocean Monday. The question now is whether that baby has American or Filipino citizenship.

According to Fox 25 Boston, Aida Alamillo, 41, was immigrating to the United States with her three other children. She had a visa to travel to the U.S. and she planned to have her fourth baby stateside so he would automatically be granted American citizenship. At 35 weeks pregnant, she had permission from her doctor to travel but went into labor sooner than expected.

The San Francisco Examiner reported three nurses aboard the plane and the flight crew assisted in the delivery in a private spot in the business cabin. The other passengers cheered at the news that the baby had been born, and Alamillo and her son were taken to a local hospital when the plane landed in San Francisco.

Alamillo told the Examiner she still can’t believe she gave birth to her son in the sky.

“I was scared, of course, it’s very scary,” she told the paper. “But I am now very happy because of my son. I have my baby healthy and great and beautiful.”

It’s unclear whether the baby was born over international waters.

A representative from the Center for Immigration Studies told Fox that if a child is born over the open ocean it is generally considered a citizen of the country the parent has legal citizenship in. If the baby was born in U.S. airspace, it is automatically a United States citizen.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the hospital couldn’t confirm to the Examiner whether the baby would be given U.S. citizenship.

Alamillo named the six-pound baby Kevin Raymar Francis Alamillo Domingo, with “Francis” a nod to the Bay Area city.


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  • loveliberty83
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:41pm

    the child is her parents nationality & I think until start the process of changing your citizenship & follow all the requiremnts your child should still be a citizen of your country a visa or any visit should not change that when people went through ELLIS Island because of the rules many sick people with diseases did not come here & you had to have a job waiting this woman knew she was pg but continued to go to a foreign country she should have been required to have health insurance

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    • Edct
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:47pm

      No, the law is the law which is why we need to kick out all of the illegal criminal wet backes out of America too….we cannot afford all of these damn immigrants.

       
    • Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:52pm

      If Barry Hussein can be considered a citizen, then certainly this kid can. I say welcome to the USA..

       
    • badjujuu
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:59pm

      Lmao

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    • Cherynn
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:09pm

      How was this woman allowed to board and fly a plane ? When one of my sisters was 7 months pregnant she was not allowed to fly because of how far along she was in her pregnancy. Oh ya,,,she is also a natural born American citizen.

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    • cessna152
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:11pm

      Key phrase:

      A pregnant woman *from the Philippines*

      Baby is Filipino end of story.

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    • Servant Of YHVH
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:12pm

      @loveliberty
      I agree with you, they should be accepted as an immigrant and processed for possible citizenship before they can claim their child born as a native American. As for edct, don’t get carried away. Remember that we are against ILLEGAL aliens. Our nation has always been for immigration as long as it’s legal. How would you feel if you ancestors came over here legally and someone said that to them? Where would you be now? Just remember that unless you are 100% American Indian, your family too are immigrants.

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    • chuckn8481
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:15pm

      Why should she want to be a US citizen? With free health care, welfare, food stamps and no way to tax illegal immigrants they’ve got it better than the rest of us. I’ve even heard that immigrants gets special loan terms to open their own businesses. The kid is better off as an illegal than us citizens.

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    • ReddenBlack
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:18pm

      I think the law says that if you are white and republican then you are a citizen, otherwise you can never be allowed to vote.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:20pm

      In this case the legal matters have been clearly defined and set for some time; as with someone born on the ocean — whichever country the parents are citizens of, their child is also, and if in a territorial water, then dual citizenship.

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    • VerySeniorCitizen
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:31pm

      Nowhere in this article does the reporter tell the reader which airline the birth was on. So the citizenship is in question. If the baby was born on a US flagship airline it is automatically a US citizen – even if over international waters. If the plane was over US waters then the baby is also a US citizen – no mater what airline is part of this story.

      Question to anyone. If an American airliner crashes north of the US Canada border – where should the survivors be burried?

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:33pm

      The 14th Amendment says that the parent(s) must be at least Naturalised Immigrant Citizens with a “COMMITMENT” to the US and the Constitution. It was written that way to make sure that the newly freed slaves who wanted to stay here could not be deported unjustly. Now it is being used by Congressmen that are afraid they can’t win elections so they want/need new voters.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:48pm

      No baby should be an anchor baby. The United States spends 38.3 billion dollars on education for jr high and high school , welfare, medicade, prison, anchor babies, and them sending money home to their respective countries. We should not have automatic citizenship for anchor babies. I had an envirinmental class a few years back which taught us to only have 1.3 children in the US to make room for illegals.1.3 cannot sustain a culture and they know it. They said we would have to pay higher fuel prices to afford 3rd world countries the same standard of living as us. I am fed up with these foriegners running our government and our lives.

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    • Dahart
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:53pm

      @ veryseniorcitizen

      You don’t bury surveyors

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    • Applehead
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 3:24pm

      We need to put a end to that law bc a citizen being born here in America! We are all working our tails off to pay for the Americans Union that the Bush’s, Clinton and Obama are constructing for the Bilderbergs!!! Thats why Bush, Obama and Perry are soft on immigration, they want a Americas Union, Asian Union, Middle East Union and we all know the European Union!!! Of course Obama is also following Georgie’s Open Society to economically collapse our country!!! The only man thats a true conservative and is in line with my favorite monetarist Milton Friedman is Ron Paul!!! Michael Scheuer would be a great VP!!!

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    • kraphtsman
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 3:44pm

      The baby is a Philippino. Period. She is a Philippinno, NOT a U.S. citizen or Legally Registered Alien. And she wasn’t in U.S. territory when the blessed event took place. Period.

      Also, unless our embassy in the Philppines issued her this visa for the EXPLICIT purpose of allowing her to establish a U.S. citizen “birthright” for her baby (doubtfull), then she (and any OTHER like-minded “immigrant” seeking to hatch a similar scheme) should have her fraudulently-obtained visa IMMEDIATELY revoked. Then, she (ALONG WITH HER PHILIPPINO BABY) should be deported, as soon as safely possible !

      Finally, the INS and State Department should permanently “flag” her file, FOREVER prohibiting her (or ANY of her child-bearing aged Philippino relatives) entry to this country without FIRST determining that she’s NOT pregnant. This way, if she ever DOES travel to the U.S. again (and tries getting knocked up while “visiting”), she and her offspring will have NO claim to U.S. citizenship.

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 3:53pm

      I believe according to current Immigration laws the child will be the Nationality of the Parent if the parent files and receives US Citizenship then the child has until it turns at least 23 to request Citizenship after the child turns 18.

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    • RabiaDiluvio
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 4:04pm

      My 3rd great grandfather was born at sea en route to America on a ship that was sailing under an American flag. This granted him citizenship at the time (no different than if the child had been born on US soil). That child grew up in poverty but eventually distinguished himself as a Civil War hero.
      In principle I agree that there are too many illegal immigrants in the US right now and something should be done to secure the border.

      But for reasons of heart I can’t deny this one. The mother had a legit visa. She was doing everything right…LEGAL…everything except waiting a little too long to fly.

      I can’t be a reactionary like so many others here. I think this kid might just grow up to be someone special. There are so many illegal immigrants–why pitch a fuss over this child who is not here illegally?

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 5:04pm

      was the child born in america? no?
      was the mother a US citizen? no?
      i think there is your answer… no + no = no.

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 6:40pm

      This woman left her home to have her child in a free country to give it all the best opportunities in the world. You Blazers just happened to be born here–your citizenship came without the least bit of effort. Who here has the best claim to the spirit of America?

      But really, why do they even bother puting these polls on these articles? It’s embarrassing how completely one-sided the readership of the Blaze is. I assume most of you come on this site because you don’t have to worry about anyone bursting your ideological bubble.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 11:38pm

      @ 1trueone55 Actually, the 14th Amendment says that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States”. The Left in America loves to ignore “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof”. The Supreme Court has not ruled on it. A VERY narrow reading would only exclude children of foreign ambassadors. A reasonable reading would exclude from citizenship any child born of a woman who is in the United States illegally (because her presence demonstrates her having renounced that she is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States).

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 11:48pm

      PUBLIUSPENCILMAN I didn’t just happen to be born here. My great grandparents came here legally. They paid their dues and became Americans. For you to make out like there was no effort just shows how stupid your logic is. Question, how many immigrants are you sponsoring?

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:54am

      Yes Republicorp, but what did YOU do to be an American?

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:12am

      Talk about a sense of entitlement! Your great grandparents paid their dues to be Americans, so you just deserve it.

      You folks worship the “job creators.” Who do you most admire–someone who inherits a hundred million dollar fortune, never does anything to earn their money and lives in a mansion their whole lives, or someone who works their way up from nothing to build a fortune through their own ingenuity?

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    • Armed Patriot
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:49am

      So sorry, noooo. Given the anchor baby rule eluded to here… the child was not born in American, over our territorial waters, or our airspace. The child was born over the Pacific Ocean, I say in international waters, so it is a citizen of the world. She even said she was coming her for the anchor baby rule. Send this loser, welfare whore back.

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    • Cat
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 10:05am

      Umm … How did she get on the aircraft that late in her term?

      As for immigration, why are so many flocking to our shores to get in?
      Are they running away from persecution, despair and destitution, or are they running toward freedom?
      NO!
      It’s because they are running toward free stuff provided by others … period.

      The word is out, go to America and get free stuff before America is destroyed.

      For PUBLIUSPENCILMEN

      I am a job creator.
      The employees can move on when they’ve learned enough.
      That’s just the way it is.
      However, after twenty years, 90% of the original employees are still here including one, who has dual citizenship in this country.
      We all are still learning.

      (Note for your journal: The remaining employees cannot achieve dual citizenship in his country)

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 10:22am

      US law may well recognize American ships and planes to be functional US territory just like embassies. So if she was flying on an American carrier she would be seen as having given birth within the territory of the United States.

      Except she was flying Philippine Airlines.

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    • RabiaDiluvio
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 10:58am

      We are a nation of LAWS. This child is here LEGALLY. His mother is here on a legitimate visa. This situation is unprecedented–would we grant citizenship on the basis of the old laws which would grant citizenship to children born en transit via an American ship (sailing under an American flag) or will we invent a new law to handle this situation for this child?

      If you don’t like birthright citizenship, work to change those laws, but do not pout and rant at this child who his here legally (whether as a citizen or on his mother’s visa) when there are so many people who would not have gone to the trouble of obeying the law.

      3/4 of the reactionaries on this board should be ashamed–they are behaving like a bunch of crazy liberals. Use your HEADS, guys…we are a nation of LAWS.

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    • Liberals R Douche Bags
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:32pm

      This is wrong dead wrong the lady has three kids a fourth one on the way she hops on the plane to give birth in the usa so that kid is a citizen which would allow her to get all the freebees the gov’t would give her.

      you wonder why our country is sinking faster then the titanic did.

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  • libertytreecaretaker
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:40pm

    Only if the parents are US citizens. we will Bleed to death from people flocking here to leach off of our social services for free!

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    • CatB
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 3:26pm

      .. the answer is NO .. she was coming on a “visit” to have an anchor baby .. this baby is NOT American!

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    • RabiaDiluvio
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:39pm

      If you don’t like the laws, then change the laws and stop behaving like an irrational liberal. This woman came here legally and her baby (citizen or not) is here legally and legitimately. Worry about the illegals, not about all immigrants.

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  • BlackAce41
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:40pm

    If the baby was born on a U.S. Commercial Aircraft that was registered in the USA then that is a considered US property and should be grated US Citizenship. If it was of the ocean it should dual Citizenship

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    • BSdetector
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:53pm

      But it’s not US territory. If she had the baby on the way to the airport in the Philippines on a wheelchair I brought her from home, would that make it an American citizen since the chair is American property and she was “on the way” to the U.S.?

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    • kindling
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:56pm

      Wake up Blackace…..you are dreaming!

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    • NuffSaid
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:08pm

      Hey Blacklace–

      It was a Japan Airlines 747, registered in Tokyo. Same rule applies? What if it was a piper cub, registered in Lithuania?

      I love this! Free legal advice!

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    • Windwalker
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 3:52pm

      Since when does owning U.S. commercial property give one the power to grant U.S. citizenship? This mother is NOT a U.S. citizen. Legal US visas gives the mother and children the right of passage and term stay in this country, it is not a blanket U.S. citizenship grant for her or ANY of her offspring born off shore.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 5:07pm

      She would have to be on US SOIL. Aircraft do not constitute soil. A US Embassy or Military base would count as soil, but not and aircraft.

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    • CatholicTexanGrandma
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 10:44pm

      US airliners are not “flagged” like ships. There is no American flag flying, no name given to the plane, no ground under it’s feet, no US jurisdiction for the parents. There are flagged airlines, such as Air France, but no US flagged airlines. Perhaps she was on a European flagged carrier, and now the child is a citizen of the EU or on Air Canada, and she can go to Canada?

      Was the woman on a temporary visitors visa? Even if she was, she had not “activated” it by entering the US through customs. But, really the airline should have to support the child, at 8 months and 3 weeks, no one should be allowed to board a plane no matter what the bogus doc says. We really need to clarify what “under the jurisdiction” clause means in the 14th ammendment, so that only if both conditions are met, like the writers intended that the child would be a US citizen.

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  • kindling
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:39pm

    Was she planning to travel here to visit someone she knows and fly back home, or was she planning to fly here and give birth so she could stay illegally? Well, she failed if it was the latter because she didn’t make it. I know it is hard to come here unless you can prove you are planning to return home. I know because I have friends all over the world that come to visit and have to prove they have good reason to go home.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:56pm

      “She had a visa to travel to the U.S. and she planned to have her fourth baby stateside so he would automatically be granted American citizenship.” She planned the trip to have an anchor baby. Her doctor should never have cleared her for international travel at 35 weeks of pregnancy.

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    • kindling
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:04pm

      Then she was planning to commit a felony and should be placed on the next flight home with her child and be banned from ever coming back…..end of story!

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:08pm

      But that would mean one less illegal vote for Dear Leader, and we certainly cannot deprive him of THAT, now can we? ;)

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  • Bravestarr
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:38pm

    Shouldn’t be considered a citizen. Our govenrment thinks only Hispanics should be coming into our country.

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  • nappy
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:38pm

    The citizenship of children should always be the citizenship of the parents AT THE TIME OF BIRTH. Period.

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    • kindling
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:57pm

      Exactly….without exeception. Nothing should break up families.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:05pm

      And if one parent is Filipino and the other American Citizens, then which do you choose or do you automatically make it dual citizenship. The problem with the latter is some countries don’t recognize dual citizenship.

      My daugter, born at a NATO base in Turkey holds dual citizenship even though both parents are U.S. Citizens.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:26pm

      I was born in the Philippines aboard a military installation. My dad was a US serviceman and my mom was a Filipino citizen at the time. I had dual citizenship until I turned 18, at which time I lost my Filipino citizenship but retained American citizenship by default. My mom became a citizen and we never went back to visit family. I had no use for my dual citizenship, really, but I still had it.

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  • 1956
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:38pm

    I believe in the property rights that go from where the land is – and all the ground beneath and all the air above. The Pacific Ocean is NOT American soil.

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    • Bill in Texas
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 4:33pm

      What you believe should be and what the law says are different.

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  • flik221
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:38pm

    suxs to be you

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  • TH30PH1LUS
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:38pm

    Stop the “anchor-baby” madness!

    That law was written to help destroy the blight of slavery – by allowing the children of slaves the status of citizens. We dealt with slavery 146 years ago!

    Time to end that law, and close the door to the ABUSE of America.

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 4:02pm

      Progressives will never let that Amendment die. Yet they believe the Constitution is irrelevant. But only when it is not useful to them. If we the people would cry out for this change in a loud enough voice maybe we could see change.

      THE TRUTH HAS NO AGENDA.

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  • Sorocialism
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:38pm

    12 nautical miles…This question has already been answered.

    A person born on a foreign vessel lying in U.S. port or sailing in the territorial sea of the United States acquires United States citizenship at birth. Howver, U.S. citizenship is not conferred upon a child was born to alien parents on a vessel bound for the United States which had not yet reached the TWELVE NAUTICAL MILE LIMIT. Similarly, a child born on a plane in the United States or flying over its territory would acquire United States citizenship at birth. However, the citizenship of the child is not affected by the nationality or registry of the vessel. Birth on U.S. vessel outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States does not confer U.S. citizenship upon the child of alien parents.

    It depends on how close she was to the U.S.

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  • NuffSaid
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:37pm

    Was his daddy an American? YES? He’s a citizen of the US.
    Do we know who his daddy was? NO? H’es a citizen of Hawaii.

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  • normbal
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:36pm

    Just keep telling yourself, there IS no “F” in “way.”

    But where there’s a will to subvert the clear meaning of the founders as embodied in the constitution, DOJ and ACLU will do their damnedest to see that it happens.

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  • Centralsville
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:36pm

    Why not? We don’t have any immigration rules anyway.

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  • kindling
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:33pm

    This is a no brainer…..the mother is a citizen of another country and it is a crime to cause the break up of a family, (unless you are child protection services). All children should be citizens of the same country as the parents. We have a constitution (even though it is being twisted like an old rag) that says this child is not a US citizen. I don’t know why this would even be considered……if she was flying to any other country there would be no question.

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  • SirAnthony
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:33pm

    I believe that an airplane in the air is considered to be in the territory of the nation that it departed from. So the baby was born in the Philippines.

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    • Bill in Texas
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 4:30pm

      Not the where they departed but who owns the airplane. If it was a US Flagged aircraft then it is considered sovern US Territory.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 5:10pm

      If that were true anybody could be a citizen based on who owns the carrier, there would be lots more duel citizens running around. Even the cubans have to actually reach land in the US to apply for status, a boat or plane do not count, doesn’t matter who owns it.

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  • Mainer forever
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:33pm

    Wow…you guys are Hard Core. I didn’t vote the way the majority of you guys did…. I was voting with my heart and not my head…..(shoot!!! That what Liberals do right?….Dammm!!!) I’ve got to wake up!!! (I’m a softy when it comes to babies)….Ahhh well…I know…we can’t afford more illegals…..I’ll snap out of it. I promise.

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    • fcbs46
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:48pm

      You did it right. Look many of the people born in transit a board vessels have been declared citizens before. I think people are so sensitized to the illegals that we have forgotten what this country really stands for. I am not saying let all in without requirements but have some common sense about the thing please.
      I believe we should shut our boarders to illegals but legals should be allowed. Most of us Americans ancestors come from other countries, even the isolationists out there.

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    • Isaiah52021
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:56pm

      Someone that is purposefully flying at such a late stage in her pregnancy (which any real doctor) would advise against is only doing so to gain citizenship on the back of that baby, she has a home, she should go back to it, so the rest of her family can enjoy her new offspring, otherwise tax payers are now responsible for her, the baby and her other 3 children for the rest of their lives. This is the problem, it’s not just about a cute little baby,

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:04pm

      let’s keep the baby and send the rest of the family back.

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    • Bill in Texas
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 4:28pm

      The mother and children weren’t illegal’s. They were coming the right way with Visas. Not hopping a fence and running from the Border Patrol. She brought her family here the right way.

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    • jueta
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 6:38pm

      I see BILL IN TEXAS dropped the , with immigrant visas. Let’s get this straight if she got a travel visa to come here then she lied to get her foot on this soil if immigrating was her intent. No immigration visa, no work visa, it was a TRAVEL VISA. That gives her visitation rights not put down roots rights. Haven‘t we all heard of the high priced hotels and spa’s that charge an arm and a leg and set up nursery’s so pregnant women from foreign countries can come here and give birth on American soil. In some cases foreign countries pay for it. Don’t we all know Mexico puts out pamphlets showing illegals how to get here and what they need to say if they get caught so they are not immediately deported. She was not doing it legally!

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  • eat-more-bacon-USA
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:30pm

    Sounds like Miss Philippines dropped anchor too soon.

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  • woemcat
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:30pm

    No! parents aren‘t so kid isn’t. legal resident? yes, since parents had proper visas. Citizen? NO WAY!!!!

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  • LadyLibertykicksASS
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:29pm

    No, the child MUST be born on American soil. I’m sure it is an adorable baby; and once Mom becomes a legal citizen, baby will be welcome as a citizen!!!!!

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    • Bete Noire
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 4:55pm

      Actually if the child is born in America airspace it is treated the same as being born on American soil. The pilot of the plane must log the exact co-ordinates of the plane at the time of birth. Regardless of the air carrier if the child is born in international air space that child is the nationality of the mother.

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    • csbulldog
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 10:34pm

      The mother must be subject to the jurisdiction of the USA for the baby to be an American citizen. A travel Visa does not make her a legal resident. It’s not about just plopping out a baby here, I wish congress would read all of the 14th Amendment.

      1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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  • Randyco02
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:29pm

    She should have held it for just a few more hours…

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:28pm

    Give us your hungry, your poor , your huddled masses of future welfare recipients!!!!
    No problem…

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  • JLGunner
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:28pm

    Knock it off!!! I can’t afford to pay for another damn kid!

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  • ErinLindsey
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:27pm

    If they were over international waters, the kid is whatever nationality the mom is.

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  • TXPilot
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:27pm

    Hmm….since the baby wasn’t born while on the ground, technically it’s an “extra-terrestrial”

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    • vehoae
      Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:41pm

      That’s right, TXPILOT ! One of the reasons Russia and China wanted control over NASA (which Obama, shortly after being inaugurated, promised to give them) was to have control of air space, including the population therein. I have no doubt that the same people overseeing implementation of AGENDA 21 at the U.N and ICLEI will be making advising the governments of the Philippines and USA on this matter.

      Lord, come quickly.

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  • DanWesson455
    Posted on September 21, 2011 at 1:25pm

    US Citizen…NO EFFIN WAY!! No How!!

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