Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoIf a space Alien landed in the states. And hooked up with one of his or her fellow travelers and had a kid in the US would that kid be a US citizen? Or do we have something in place for it?message-squaremessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down113
arrow-up1-10arrow-down1message-squareIf a space Alien landed in the states. And hooked up with one of his or her fellow travelers and had a kid in the US would that kid be a US citizen? Or do we have something in place for it?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·3 days agoNo, the laws governing citizenship only apply to human beings.
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoTechnically they apply to Persons, Persons hasn’t been tested against an extra-terrestrial Alien in court yet. I would suspect that it would apply if they are intelligent enough to travel to earth to be quite honest.
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoSo with that said they thought of the before hand then.?
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoMorelike they considered people would attempt to give their dog citizenship.
No, the laws governing citizenship only apply to human beings.
Technically they apply to Persons, Persons hasn’t been tested against an extra-terrestrial Alien in court yet. I would suspect that it would apply if they are intelligent enough to travel to earth to be quite honest.
So with that said they thought of the before hand then.?
Morelike they considered people would attempt to give their dog citizenship.