Related topics birtherillegal alienscitizenship Advertisement In a speech given to a Michigan crowd this past Friday, Mitt Romney stated that "No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised." (msn) This comment was obviously meant to capitalize on the continued attacks on President Obama in regard to his birth certificate. In this country a person's birth certificate is an automatic guarantee of citizenship, and although a citizen born outside the US may become a Senator or a Congressman, he or she may not become President or Vice President. However, when we consider that all a birth certificate is, is a document stating where...
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