Vivek Ramaswamy: My father made ‘a choice’ not to become an American citizen

Vivek Ramaswamy reveals his family’s citizenship story and how it influenced his views on immigration and birthright citizenship, during an exclusive interview with NBC News Correspondent Dasha Burns.

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Vivek Ramaswamy: My father made ‘a choice’ not to become an American citizen

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[Anp]

These journalists don’t understand the difference between legal and ILLEGAL immigrants. His father is not a citizen but didn’t cross the border with the coyotes. How hard is that to understand?

[A__SB]

Props to his father! He could go for the most coveted passport, but he did not.

[eajayreddy]

People are now maligning VIvek Shamelessly by attacking his father's decisions.
India does not allow dual citizenship but anyone of its origin can have Overseas citizen of India passport,
Secondly most Indians surrender their citizenship to get USA citizenship, in his father case he clearly Preferred retaining it for his own personal reasons, he could have easily got just like his wife. Its clearly a Choice

[snchmti]

India takes a rather dim view of dual citizentry.
Remaining an Indian citizen is much more advantageous for Indian migrants if they want to return here in their retirements.
America may be a great place to live before you reach your senior years but nursing homes do not hold as much warmth as that family support that an Indian can save from a joint family.

[ladybug]

Can’t people understand the difference between legal and illegal immigration? Don’t they people come here on visas and get also their Greencards which are permanent residencies. Many love US and want to legally reside here but will keep some connection to their birth country, many Europeans and Asians do that, what are they trying to corner him with here? His dad is a permanent resident.

[briangordon]

Lol, I recognize this line of thought. Further proof that Starship Troops is gold.

[justmehello]

it's not immigration laws that need revamping it's actually enforcing them that's the problem.

[fuzzytb]

As soon as passing a civics test is required for 18 year olds to vote, there will be an effort to undermine their ability to pass such test.

[Raj-dksm]

Loooove this guy!! My mom had to take her written exam 5 times before she passed. Back then it was only in English as it should bc the signs are in English. Now we have soooo many languages to choose from in Cali when taking the test. Then she decided to become a citizen and my brother and I at age 15 and 13 were helped her by recording cassettes where one asked the question and the answered the questions such as who was the first president of the United States? Then I would answer George Washington a few times so she can remember better 🙏🏼

[ABCDEFGHIJK]

India does not allow dual citizenship. His father didn't "choose" not to become a citizen, his father could not if he wanted to keep his Indian passport.

[BriefHorrors]

Education levels are lower in red and rural counties so if he wants to make it so republicans need to pass a civic test for their right to vote, this Democrat is 100% for it. VIVEK VIVEK!

[harisinam]

So a child born to the land is culpable of a crime that happened before his birth. No sir you dont charge, one person for the crime of another.

[afriendabroad]

If you apply the US citizenship civics test to the current voting pool, it will cut out a huge chunk of voters. The remainder will be the most educated portion who can actually study to pass it.

[peacockLife]

I don't blame him! It is not easy for senior citizens to love here, not much of a retirement life. 🙏 if she has an issue then she should know that all americans who are from Europe are illegal because they occupied the country illegally.

[flibbaflabba]

The founding fathers: "Life, Liberty, The Pursuit of Happiness. These are your god-given rights, deserved because it is human and morally obvious to do so"

Ramaswamy: "Ehhhh, ya gotta work for it."

[muncangel]

What a wonderful person. He will go places!

[henkjaegerde]

If you’re on holiday with a visa you’re also ‘in the country legally’ though.

[richardstanley]

They would have loved this guys story if he was on their side.

[HayCorvus]

Does this mean Vivek will be deported after he passes his own policy?

[fredymelendez]

When he was born his parents were not citizen yet😂