By: Vivek J
August 19 2020
True: Kamala Harris is a natural U.S. citizen.
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Kamala Harris was born in California, and she is a United States citizen from birth.
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Kamala Harris was born in California, and she is a United States citizen from birth. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' chapter 3 - U.S.Citizen from birth (INA 301 and 309) mentions that a person born in the United States is the U.S. Citizen at birth. It includes a person born to a member of an Indian, Eskimo, Aleutian, or other aboriginal tribes. Kamala Harris was born on October 20, 1964, in Oakland, California, making her a natural-born U.S. Citizen. Her father is a Jamaican, and her mother is an Indian.