Show YES a SIR Sig R 8 S Be Worthington writes from Pay Pay- Payson Pay Pay-aon son Utah county aa as follows follow As Aa there here is ia some dispute here hete on citi- citi citizenship citi questions I thought I would write you on the matter hoping to get Iet the desired information through your paper A married couple come to this thia country the United States and make it is their temporary home say aay 1 for weeks months or years yeara a aa as the case may be They at afterwards return to their native country But while here 8 children fe e born to them These Thele children while they are minors minors go with their parents They afterwards afterward return here The question la Is Does Doaa the fact that they were born boro in this thia country gape them the rights of native born citizens without taking o ont t natural natural- naturalization naturalization Pa t This Thia in view of the pr present ent registration registration tion of voters is la an important ques- ques question tion and if you can gite give the desired information it probably wil dispel some Bome doubts about the matter Another question If an ambassador ambas ador minister ter consul or other government officer has children born to hint while abroad representing the United States government Would these theae children have bave havethe the same rights righta as American b zena born rn cUi olti- olti To each of theae these inquiries the NEWS replies Yes Ye sir air As Aa to the firl first oa case stated I the ibe na- na national national na national Constitution in Article Section I amendments amendment provide provides that AU All persons born or naturalized d in iu the United States and subject to diction the juris- juris jurisdiction diction thereof are citizens Ot of the United States and of the state wherein they reside When the Children whom our correspondent refers refer to f at- at attain at attain tain the age a e of 21 years and aad place themselves within the tha jurisdiction of the U United States their rights righta as aa native oatle born citizens are unaffected by the non citizenship of their parents parent or by their period of ot residence re in a foreign land The naturalization laws law do not apply to them They are citizens Regarding the second be suggested that in to such instances as those cited the home bome of an Ameri American can lal ial or of an ao American citi- citi citizen citizen z zen n as the deck of an American vessel is II American soil soU and children born boro there are recognized by the citizenship laws as aa native born On this thia subject the Revised Statutes of the United States sec aeo 2172 provide that the children of persons who now Dow are or have bave been citizens of the United States shall shaU though born out of ot the limits and jurisdiction of or the th United States be considered as aa citizens thereof |