Anyways, should litigation fail, there's always the issue of Kamala Harris' Article II, Section 1 eligability for the office of Vice President, as both of her parents were, at the time of her birth on American soil, present in this country on student visas, which, quite explictily, do not grant US domicile, whereas the language of
United States v. Wong Kim Ark states, in affirming Mr. Wong's US citizenship under the principle of
jus soli (
i.e., birthright citizenship due those born within the US of foreign-born non-citizen parents):
"[A] child born in the United States, of parents of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the Emperor of China, but have a permanent domicil [
sic] and residence in the United States, and are there carrying on business, and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity under the Emperor of China [...]".
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The issue with Senator Harris' common-law citizenship (elsewhere distinguished from statutory citizenship within the Constitution) is that neither of her parents were US domiciliaries at the time of her birth (
i.e., a student visa is not a "
green card").