Amend the United States Constitution to allow naturalized US citizens to run for President

First off, you're claiming that I am making a discriminatory assumption. Not only is this flase, but I believe your position is biased. If you truly believe that naturalized citizens should be able to run for President, fine, but dont call me discriminatory. Secondly, when poll makers take into account public opinion, many factors take place. The National Opinion Research Center of the University of Chicago did the survey to find out how patriotic Americans were. They found that 1/3 of Americans were extremly patriotic. Do you know how many people that is? Thats 102,335,517 people. Do you know how many naturalized citizens are in the U.S.? 16,200,000 people. The odds are slightly, and when I say slightly I mena more than 6 times the number, in favor of naturally born U.S. citizens who are extremely patriotic compared to naturalized citizens being extremly patriotic. So, is the NORCUC refering to naturalized citizens or everyday citizens? Logically and numerically, they are polling natural born citizens. Im sure that naturalized citizens took place in the vote, but proportionally they dont have the numbers to make that big of a difference. Now, Im not saying that naturalized citizens are not patriotic, Im sure there are many exceptions, all Im saying is that loyalty is th biggest issue when relating to naturalization, and being patriotic relates back to loyalty. If the odds are that skewed, then America better take the safest way out. Thirdly, activley seeking citizenship does not mean they are patriotic. 4 of the 15 terrorist involved in 9/11 sought out citizenship and recieved it. Though this does not set the staus quo, it is a good example that seeking citizenship does not mean that you are patriotic to America. Fourthly, you did bring up a good point about returning to the U.S. at 50 and running for President at 64. This is obviously a problem with our Constituition according the the way you wrote it. I agree with you, it is a problem, but the solution is not amend the Constitution to allow naturalized citizens to run for President. As I have proven before, this is dangerous to America, though it is a small threat. The best solution for this problem? Amend the Constitution to not allow those who have not lived in the U.S. for the majority of his or her life to run for President. Not only does this continue to protect America, but it keeps a person who would know next to nothing about life in the U.S. to run the country as it's head. I agree with you, but I have a better solution. Fifthly, I also agree with you that loyalty is not garunteed by birth, but it has a strong influence on it. Jefferson DAVIS (not devies lol) was influenced by the area around him, sure, but by being born in the South he had a strong belief in the ideals of his homeland. The same is true of naturalized citizens. Sure, they are influenced by the area around them, I.E. the U.S., but they have a strong pull and influence to follow the ideals of their homeland. Your example is not a good one, but it works to prove my point. Sixthly, sure there are home-grown terrorists, as you mentioned Abu Ibrahim Amriki and Anwar al-Awlaki, but this is not the staus quo. All of the terrorists involved in 9/11 were born outside of the U.S., and four of them gained citizenship. This is arguable the worst terrorist attack in America's history. Who inititaited this attack? 11 people with visas, 4 with citizenship. Sure, there are home-grown terrorists, but they are causing less terror, less loss of life, and less destruction than naturalized, AKA the 4 terrorists, citizens. Seventhly, the armed forces argument you used is false. Do you have the source that says naturalized citizens make up a majority of our Armed Forces. Unfortunatly, we are left to assume you made this up. Voters , dont allow him to do this. Eighthly, a President being overseas does NOT represent his judement when relating to foreign affairs. You did not list a source saying that Eisenhower was a dual U.S. and German citizen, and I could not find the source proving this point. So not only are we left assume you made this up, but in this example you stated that he was a DUAL citizen, not a naturalized citizen. As you stated before, naturalized citizens are required to state an oath renouncing their allegience to any foreign power. This only applies to naturalization, not dual citizenship. Not only are you using points that make no sense and are not relavent to this subject, but you still arent able to back up your claims. Voters, do not allow my opponennt to continue to do this. Also, Obama, though he did spend large portions of his life in Indonesia, he still spent a majority of his life in the U.S., or U.S. territories. This supports my claim in my 4th point, that those who have not lived in the U.S. the majority of their lives should not become President. He, according to my solution, was still able to run for President as a U.S. citizen. Also, though a natural citizen may have family in another country, as I have proven before, the place of birth has a great influence on your ideals, and this President would not be likely to be biased. Ninthly, are you saying that the citizens of Alaska and Vermont should not be allowed to run for President on the simple fact that they have secessionist parties? This is not a good idea to support this. Americans are allowed by first amendement to freedom of speech and assembly, which the parties are excersing this right. The tranistion of foreign power, to territory, to state would still have these groups, though, as I proved in my 2nd speech, the people's loyalities would dramatically shift towards the United States. Tenthly, I am not saying the allowing a naturalized citizen to run automatically puts them in office. However, if a naturalized citizen does get elected into office, it would not be in the best intrest of the U.S. as I have proven before. In conclusion, vote Con. Not only does my opponent have a problem with not citing sources, but he has a problem of not backing his points up with good analytical arguments. I believe that naturalized citizens should not be allowed to run for President for all the reasons stated in my speeches. -Brenavia www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/citizenship-numbers