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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 3:47 pm
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Originally Posted by dmsdfw
Not wishing to go off-topic, but until challenged in court last year this wasn't the case in Texas. The state started requiring proof of immigration status for driving licence renewal and refused to accept a US passport as proof of US citizenship unless it listed the US as country of birth. This absurd ruling caused major problems for immigrants who has acquired their citizenship through their parents while minors, since they had no documentation beyond a US passport.
It also caused headaches for natural-born US citizens who were born outside of the US. Doesn't the number of natural-born US citizens born abroad far exceed the numbers for previously non-US persons who acquired US citizenship through their parents while minors?
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