Gov. Bobby Jindal releases his birth certificate

Published: Friday, May 06, 2011

Gov. Bobby Jindal arrived in the United States in utero, his mother about three months pregnant.

Gov. Bobby Jindal's birth certificate

As he wrote last year in his book, "Leadership and Crisis," his mother had been offered a scholarship in 1970 to complete a graduate degree in nuclear physics at LSU.

When she informed the university that she couldn't accept the scholarship because she was pregnant, "LSU wrote back and promised her a month off for childbirth if she changed her mind. LSU was so accommodating, and the opportunity to come to America so thrilling, that my parents accepted.
"So, my parents stepped out on faith, secured green cards, packed up a few suitcases, said their goodbyes, and took off for this exotic new place called Baton Rouge, Louisiana."

They arrived Feb 1, 1971, and a bit over six months later, on June 10, 1971, Piyush Jindal was born at Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge, a natural-born U.S. citizen, who like every other child born in America, could, constitutionally, grow up to be president.

The issues of citizenship and immigration have become major topics in the past months, with President Barack Obama releasing his "long-form" birth certificate April 27 to quell questions about where he was born. And there is a growing movement in America, led by, among others, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., to change those rules and restrict birthright citizenship.

"My bill limits birthright citizenship to individuals born in the United States with at least one parent who is a legal citizen, a green card holder or an active member of the U.S. armed forces," said Vitter in introducing his legislation on the Senate floor last month.

Were it to become law, Vitter's bill would not be retroactive, and even if it were, or if it had been the law when Jindal was born, the future governor would have been eligible for birthright citizenship because his parents had green cards, giving them the status of permanent legal residents.
But Jindal, knowing that his own status will certainly be examined in the event he ends up on a presidential ticket, released his own birth certificate Friday, and his parents -- through Jindal spokesman Kyle Plotkin -- this week offered fresh details of their immigration to the United States.

Ted Jackson, The Times-PicayuneGov. Bobby Jindal, knowing that his own status will certainly be examined in the event he ends up on a presidential ticket, released his birth certificate Friday,

The most significant new piece of information is that the Jindals entered the United States on green cards secured not by the governor's mother, Raj Jindal, based on her LSU scholarship, but by his father, Amar Jindal, based on his training as an engineer.
Before the 1965 immigration reform law, immigration from Eastern Hemisphere counties, like India, was limited. But the 1965 act permitted greater immigration through a variety of categories, including "professionals, scientists and artists of exceptional ability."
Amar Jindal's passport is notated with the code P3-1, the visa code in 1971 for "professional or highly skilled." And Raj Jindal received her green card as his spouse.

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1 comment:

WillMay 7, 2011 at 4:30 AM
What is this nonsense?

A green card is not a naturalization as a citizen. A green card is a residency permit - an interim procedure to allow one to live in the US while waiting out the five year requirement before one can officially apply for citizenship.

This action by Jindal is proof that he is no better than any other charlatan who's trying to evade the Constitutional requirement - and he's obviously in collusion with Vitter in his attempt to change the law.

I wouldn't vote for Jindal under any circumstances.