The Real Birthers Movement There are some members of Congress who has expressed their doubt about the legitimacy of President Barrack Obama’s birth right. They are claiming that he may not be a legitimate American citizen because of where he was born. The law is clear about American citizenship rights. One of the parents being American is enough for a child to be granted citizenship rights born abroad or in any one of the States. This right is conferred to the child by right of law called “jus sanguinis”. All lawyers learn this in law school. These people have all the facilities in the world to get proof and they are implying that they cannot justify the veracity of President Obamas’ birth right. I said all that to get to this point: “Wait til dem yer owha claim”. We have a legitimate claim to US citizenship right just as Senator McClain does. They never questioned McClain’s birth right and he was born on the Canal Zone. I would like to see what his passport says when it asks: Place of Birth? Every time I put the Canal Zone, the passport agency changes it to Panama. Wouldn’t that make him foreign born? However, as opposed to President Obama who was born in Hawaii (sovereign US territory) and having the right to claim jus sanguinis on the behalf of his mother, they still want to disclaim him of these rights. This is Obamas story as expressed via the new outlets of our time. Our History To explain our history one has to do some deep digging. The history that has transpired throughout the Canal Zone (C.Z.) was murkier than the East River (NY). One has to understand the politics that ruled the C.Z. The C.Z. had the constitution of the State of Louisiana as its rule of law. Most of its citizens (C.Z.) were from southern states (Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama) bent on ruling over blacks and other minorities. The HQ of the Canal operations was led out of New Orleans. This was not by coincidence; Louisiana was the state that closed the deal in the congress which approved the concept of the canal construction in Panama. Its reward was to HQ the Canal Zone Government. The other southern states were succeeded in obtaining the deal to be where the work force would eventually come from to direct operations in the newly formed C.Z. What began as a construction project few into the birth of a state. What Happened People were needed to tackle the project once it was decided to move forward. Administrators, it was a determined the US Army would be the top administrator of the operations in the C.Z. as the project grew and the threats and challenges offered by the jungle was evident, a more formal development of an administration was required. So, the Army recommended the development of a formal hierarchy in the chain of command be established. Congress got together and began enforcing its rights that came from the treaty it signed with Panama. That the 25 X 50 mile stretch of land, was basically sovereign land to the U.S. The Army still being the head Department that ran things, suggested the top administrator be given to a former 2-star General from the U.S. Army with the title of Governor of the C.Z. He would oversee all facets of management on the C.Z. including room & board for all Canal and Railroad work force, military commands, police, customs, education, and court system. As the bureaucracy grew, so did the political challenges by the Panamanian government. Mainly, because the U.S. began establishing bases outside the boundaries of the C.Z. in Panama. These actions caused the Republic of Panama (RoP) to post demands that eventually led to several treaties with the U.S. and RoP including the one that led to the treaty between both nations in 1977. In Between The labor force for the canal came from the islands (mostly English speaking islands). Most of the force came from Barbados. A lot got here by 1904 to begin the project; but the search continued for years until the end of construction. Many had to be replaced because many were dying from accidents and diseases. By the end of the construction, many of these workers were asked to stay, as the Canal Administration realizing they needed a labor force to maintain the canal. This created a new hierarchy within the C.Z government, because these personnel would need to be schooled, housed, fed, & transported to & from work sites. This also changed the nature of work tasks that would be available to these workers. Some had to become trained in manual skills (plumbers, carpenters, brick layers, drivers, cooks, bakers, some were even launch operators, etc.), and teachers and other professionals. This caused for their pay scales to be changed. This also created many animosities within the social structure amongst these workers communities. These changes did not come because the C.Z. government cared for these workers. These changes were from threats and actions that forced the C.Z. government to concede because they did not have where to turn to, in order to replace them. This leverage was the reason that some employees were given upward mobility opportunities. To appeal to the community some were made and given journeymen title with slightly higher pay scales. Back then, workers pay was dispensed in gold & silver. Gold to American employees, silver to minorities (mostly blacks). Some foreign nationals, especially those with hints of Caucasian blood were also paid in gold. Besides black workers from the Caribbean isles, workers came from all over the world to work on the canal project including Russians, Europeans (Denmark, Germany), Chinese, French, Canada, etc. many of these repatriated back to their homeland after the complication of the project. Some black island men also returned to their homeland but many stayed, formed their family, and ended up dying of the C.Z. some moved to Panama City and settled with their family. The Issue The first generation of children born to these employees of island descent were our parents. The problem was that the island descent population exploded. A problem came into the view of the government and the administration to the C.Z. and U.S. government. That problem was: what to do with the children of our non-American employees born on C.Z. sites? What the U.S. government tried was to get the island nations of the individual employees to assume the responsibility of these children from their nationals that were in the C.Z. At the time, many of these island nations were still under British rule and as such Britain was not about to allow the U.S. to off-load baggage it had no control or responsibility of. They said thank you, but no thank you! The U.S. then attempted to load them off on Panama. At the time Panama was being headed by Dr. Arnulfo Arias a known and admitted fascist who had pledged his allegiance to Hitler. Arias came out saying that that he was not going to allow them to unload any “chombos” on the Panamanian social system either; soon thereafter he was overthrown in bloodless coup and replaced by someone who would do what the U.S. wanted done. This created a posture known as “cedulacion”; meaning that at the age of 18 citizens that were not U.S., was to go to Panama’s National Registry to register then given a cedula. We all ended up going through this process (those of us who stayed on the C.Z. until the age of 18). The Problem As a person other than of U.S. citizen parents born on or in a U.S. territory or possession, that person was considered to be a U.S. national. We were all U.S. nationals for being born and raised on the C.Z. The Law The law pertaining to U.S. nationals, at the time our parents were born was: that upon the age majority (18 yrs.), they are to be directed to an American Embassy or Consul in the country of record, register their intent to claim citizenship and swear allegiance to the U.S. if they do not pledge allegiance, their citizenship request would have been voided. The Situation By our parents being sent to Panama to take out their cedulas, they were officially denouncing their claim to U.S. citizenship. Many children who left the C.Z. before they had reached their 18th birthdate managed to get their citizenship accepted by States, Counties, and Government agencies. Some without even pledging on having to swear allegiance. Why? Because when asked to provide proof of birth, the birth paper or certificate provided from the C.Z. was an official U.S. Government document. It was not issued by a state or county government instead of; it was issued directly from the U.S. government. Hence, when the document was provided to State or U.S. Government officials it was considered to be a legitimate document authorizing citizenship rights. The Challenge Our challenge will be to prove all this to the Supreme Court of the United States. This is the venue we will have to challenge our claim. Historically, we can account for a lot of what happened from both perspectives of this claim; which is the story we experienced while on the C.Z. and those that had departed before their 18th birthday and came to settle in the U.S. and got credit as U.S. citizens for presenting their birth document to authorities. Action Our goal is to come together and organize. Our objective is two-fold: 1st to educate the community on the issue and to get a count of how many people are affected. 2nd to begin raising funds to acquire a legal team that will handle our claim to citizenship on the grounds of “jus soli” and to file the Class Action suit. Background Data and links: Arnulfo Arias: britannica/EBchecked/topic/34202/Arnulfo-Arias, larouchepub/eiw/public/1986/eirv13n10-19860307/eirv13n10-19860307_027-arnulfo_arias_nazi_terrorist_mur.pdf US Nationals Meaning: ask/wiki/U.S._national?qsrc=3044 = U.S. territories There are special provisions governing children born in current and former U.S. territories or possessions, including Puerto Rico, the Panama Canal Zone, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. There are also special considerations for those born in Alaska andHawaii before those territories acquired statehood. For example, 8 U.S.C. § 1402 states that [a]ll persons born in Puerto Rico on or after January 13, 1941, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, are citizens of the United States at birth.[4] law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1403
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:37:50 +0000
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