European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes january 1978 tangles Kyaune Mosby dolled Etta be Matraia Ndrew ton of an american woman and a dutch lawyer who lives in the plopped an american baseball Cap on l no Blond Chris and clamped around Ibe Ameri can legion meeting Hall in Paris in dutch wooden White Mother Roberta Crippe enschede played the Andrew Tang mtg my tall do t Toet the Little Stuie Remdt and Tite Etal us Oft Pleate to to Mammy and tag to resounding Lively Andrew was the hit of a meeting of the association of american wives of euro some Iso delegates from a half Down european countries gathered to step up Ihler Campaign to ease the citizenship status of american children bom the meeting was one of several around Europe in recent months of similar groups which have Mush roomed since americans overseas got the vote in the groups Are linked to a rapidly growing militant movement the association of americans resident oven Tai which is pushing for four objectives Mare eatable tax  of Oterio Tetory Extension of medi care Beverta Aad representation in Congress for overseas the meeting devoted to the citizenship taws decided hat the children of attending parents would mall Valen tines Day cards to urging them to vote for three Bills introduced in the Senate and House of representatives late last year that would change Laws re strict Jig citizenship Tor children bom abroad to Ameri the Valentine shows a child carrying a and a for eign he the worlds so an air planes folks Horn Many lands know each it happened with my room and the Smalt result is my Vale Unes Ray my my Willa the hurried about the american legion Hall with petitions and Olden on the pending leg Andrew an american economist from explained it was he who initiated the legislation during numerous trips to tie Congress dealt harshly with american Citi Zens living said formerly of who married a French woman and out to some people in the United states have the attitude that americans living abroad should be punished for fail ing to live in the United states and made to pay for their we Are sending Valentines to president Carter be cause its a violation of human rights to strip Lens of citizenship lust because they Are other country does no other country Jurj seas citizens a does the United delegates from various countries told of f lems caused by the citizenship Lam 1 an american from ried to a explained that under Laws a cd Ltd bom of an american tit abroad with a foreign spouse must Uve two i Yean in the United the Ages of 141 otherwise he or die loses that relatively easy for people who can i the tuition of a University for out flute Reault about what some frenchmen earn in a aba1 then there Are such problems As flunking or foreign students can get but not then children bom of two citizens living can jeopardize their american nationality by evens ing for an identity card in that same i citizens a year lose their Sandberg Calls the situation i Teca Ose disappears at i be Duwick birthday wader presets the Law is very based on eng Rii from say for a couple of India vacation for two weeks in the United and wife gives the child always will be an Ai citizen no matter where he in a better by than my own Angelika naturalized German bom can married to a German in was the meeting for winning a 19m supreme annulling the american Law that cancelled Dpi Zenup naturalized citizens who return to live in the or of their she said she and her husband spent to fight thelawar terse lost her Erica born in married 4 venezuelan and lives in her son gave up Xuelan citizenship to become an but i he cannot live the required two consecutive years in for health he May lose his citizenship1 and become stateless at age Phyllis formerly of handed outta the meeting Sample letters to be sent congressmen to push the three Bills that can affect Itam status of More than americans the rules for children born abroad by John Kruezer staff writer Section of the immigration and nationality act deals with american children bom abroad of one alien it that the american Parent involved can Only pass on citizenship to his child if before the birth the Parent has been physically present in the United states or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totalling not less than 10 at least Livest which were after attaining the age of a Bill introduced by Edward m d would Cut this residency requirement tar the Parent to two the stale department has recommended one Hie Stoat part Section 301 sets the residency require meats Tor i How children bom abroad of Dot Teaa who meet the i year nut Joey sup Jaum and have alien r Gate during the period of which continuous physical pres ence in the United states is required shall rut break the continuity of such physical subsection b would be dropped under legislation now before eliminating residency restrictions in also eliminated would be Section 350 which deals with dual it says a person who acquired at birth the nationality of the United suites and of a foreign state and who has voluntarily sought or claimed benefits of the nationality of any foreign stale shall lose his United states nationality by hereafter having a continuous residence for three years in the foreign Sute of which he b a National by birth at any time after at Airah the age of 22 the mils under consideration would be retroactive and Malce Reci the stale Lovery of citizenship ale department has indicated its backing for the according to 3d1s subsection such a child shall lose is Nalio Nasty and citizenship unless be shut come to the United states and be continually physically present therein for a period of not less than two Between the Ages of u Yean and years or the alien Parent is Natu rated Onue us child is under the age of 11 Yean and the child begins to reside permanently in toe United states while under the age of 1 in the administration of this absences from the United states of less than h Days in the aggie the immigration and naturalization service Points out that any changes in derived and acquired citizenship must be enacted by the Agency admin ister the Laws As enacted a focal explained und there Are Bow kinds of and the former is a person who is a United states citizen by reason of birth or naturalization in the United states As provided in the 14th whereas a statutory citizen la one who derives or acquires United states citizenship by virtue of one of the Many acts of the Only exemption to the residency requirements of Section 301 was granted to children bom abroad Between and while their citizen pm ends were serving overseas with the armed forces or while employed overseas in a civilian capacity with the government or american a citizenship action committee has been formed in Paris calling upon Congress to remove the restrictive clauses placed upon the citizenship of americans born or ii is for America to Lead the says Trie commit to Lead the so the potential of this new generation of International bom of two cultural will be recognized for what it is a valuable asset in an increasingly interdependent the committee is being supported by the democratic party committee of the european Republican the federation of american women clubs the association of americans resident Over the federation of International american the committee organizing a letter writing Campaign congressmen will know they have tote rested in the passage of the House Reso Lution 9637 and Senate Bill by writing to Phyllis of the citizenship action committee and sex Swalve Vic president of the Assoc alien of Ameri in care of the american Rue Pierre Paris at wits end every couple of years or some inventor thinks he has put together a robot housewife that will  do All toe ebon a woman the last one 1 observed was a 275pound titty built from parts of and that stood six feet the owner waa thrilled that it was programmed to meet the mailman and empty the Gar what a want bet in a couple of weeks u will be emptying the dub and meeting the no tells computer Wal to should know that by this do you remember your list computer mine waa a tulle number at the irs in Cin for no apparent reason it coughed Upa Bill for fhl7 i called the computer and a person an swered the phone who said she had nothing to do with my return As it was handled exclusively by the would you please put the computer on the phone have a that it not she computers a not answer the they an not then perhaps you would have it write me and explain the computers we not programmed to write Kllc sol Obj j i could i drop by and have a Dis Cussion compound do not receive people and have then perhaps you could Tell it i computers cannot nor a they take could 1 threaten h in not they have no natural what would happen if it knew we no Mger had a relationship a no ii East respond or Tea what i didst sent h a a Neefs itt it could put you in a Slammer iter 20 computers just belter watch their i predict someday  be replaced by people and then where will they be