In the Matter of Tijerina-Villarreal

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  1. Citizenship from Birth for Certain Children of U.S. Citizen Parents Born Abroad

    Alexander J. SegalSeptember 29, 2015

    ---------------------------------The two "outlying possessions" pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1101(29) are Swains Island and American SamoaINA § 301(c)INA § 301(d)Defined in section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (59 Stat. 669; 22 U.S.C. 288)INA § 301(g)S. Kurzban, Kurzban's Immigration Law Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Outline and Reference Tool (AILA 14th Ed. 2014) 1788, citing; U.S. v. Flores-Villar, 536 F.3d 990, 994-98 (9th Cir. 2008), affirmed by an equally divided court, 564 U.S. __, 131 S.Ct. 2312 (2011) (per curiam) [holding that a father could not transmit citizenship to child under current law requiring 5 years of physical presence in the United States since the law required 10 years of physical presence in the United States when the child was born]Kurzban 1858Kurzban 1789INA § 301(e)NA § 309(c)Szban 1790, citing; 8 C.F.R. ; Matter of Tijerina-Villarreal, 13 I&N Dec. 327, 330 (BIA 1969), citing Matter of A.M., 7 I&N Dec. 332, 336 (BIA 1956) and U.S. ex rel. Rongetti v. Neely, 207 F.2d 281, 284 (7th Cir. 1953); 8 C.F.R. pt.