The Post & Email 1/27/2022
Marina del Pilar Avila Olmeda is the governor of the Mexican state of Baja California.
Avila and Olmeda are her two last names, as per the Spanish surname custom, but I’ve seen her referred to in Mexican media as Marina del Pilar.
Governor Marina del Pilar gave birth on January 14th to her second child. And she gave birth on U.S. soil.
According to our current automatic birthright citizenship policy, that makes her child a U.S. citizen. (See my previous article on the topic).
According to Mexican law, the Governor’s child, though born in the U.S., is also recognized as a citizen of Mexico.
This case exemplifies the fact that it’s not just illegal aliens who avail themselves of birthright citizenship. Well-off Mexicans and other foreigners also take advantage of it. Turkish and Chinese women, for example, fly here to give birth.
Or consider the case of Yaser Hamdi, captured in Afghanistan along with Taliban fighters. Hamdi was a U.S. citizen as he had been born to Saudi parents in the United States.
More:
https://www.thepostemail.com/2022/01/27/mexican-governor-gives-birth-to-dual-citizen-baby-on-us-soil/
