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Amend eligibility for President to include children born outside the U.S. and adopted by U.S. Citizens to qualify.

Created by M.S. on September 11, 2014

“No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States...shall be eligible to the Office of President" It is time to amend this requirement. While I understand the rationale for those immigrating at age 30, our country may be excluding our best and brightest through this outdated requirement. According to the U.S. Department of State: between 1999-2013 U.S. parents have adopted 71,632 Chinese children, 29,761 Guatemalan children, 19,370 South Korean children, 14,084 Ethiopian children and children from many other countries for a total of 249,694 children. That is 249,694 who will be heartbroken when they finally learn in school that their country doesn't think they are fit to be President. Allow persons adopted by US Citizens as children this opportunity as well.

Civil Rights & Equality
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