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Not so ambiguous. Born on a US military base counts as US soil.
by mellavora 5y ago
Not so ambiguous. Born on a US military base counts as US soil.
- ghaff 5y agoNo it is not: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/records-and-authentications/requesting-a-vital-record-as-a-u-s--citizen/faqs.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/records-and-authe... The arguments as I recall were basically two-fold: 1.) At the time, it was the Canal Zone (which wasn't quite US soil but maybe close enough) and 2.) There were some long-standing common law precedents related to agents of the king, diplomats, etc.