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Kamala Harris isn't the first vice presidential candidate with foreign-born parents. Here are 5 presidents and vice presidents whose parents weren't born on U.S. soil.
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00:00There are claims circulating in social media that Kamala Harris is not eligible to be,
00:05to run for vice president because she was an anchor baby, I hope.
00:09So I just heard that, I heard it today, that she doesn't meet the requirements.
00:16And by the way, the lawyer that wrote that piece is a very highly qualified, very talented
00:20lawyer.
00:21So I just heard that, I heard it today, that she doesn't meet the requirements.
00:51My mother was born in Scotland.
01:07Mary Anne MacLeod was born in 1912.
01:09She was baptized in this church in August 1913.
01:13She came from the village of Tongue, which is about four miles out of Stornowy.
01:23My father is German, right?
01:25Was German.
01:27Born in a very wonderful place in Germany.
02:27He's actually the most ethnic president we've had.
02:53I was born to a teenage mom in Hawaii.
02:56My father left us when I was two.
03:20I am so relieved that the whole birther thing is over.
03:27I mean, ISIL, North Korea, poverty, climate change, none of those things weighed on my
03:38mind like the validity of my birth certificate.
03:50They're saying that she doesn't qualify because she wasn't born in this country.
03:58No, she was born in this country, but her parents did not, the claims say that her parents
04:03did not receive their permanent residence at that time.
04:06I don't know about it.
04:07I just heard about it.
04:08I'll take a look.
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