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Passport Mexican Mitt? By Joshua Keating. September 17, , PM. It's not what's been getting the most attention, but this bit discussing his trouble with outreach to Hispanic voters and the fact that his father was born in Mexico, is interesting: Describing his family background, he quipped about his father, "Had he been born of Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot of winning this.

Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy Twitter: joshuakeating. What in the World? November 12, , PM. Trending 1. John Hatch, my guide to the Mormon colonies, arrived the next morning to pick me up. He can trace his roots to Mormon pioneers who traveled from Utah and Arizona to Mexico in He and Sandra have six children, all raised in the Mexican colonies and all now U.

Hatch himself, however, has only Mexican citizenship. His kids, he said, would rather live in Mexico but have been forced to live in the States for work. This state of feeling in between, I would soon learn, defines nearly every aspect of Mormon life in the old colonies. Among other subjects, he taught U. Villa once rode and hid in those same mountains as a notorious local bandit. The Mexican Revolution played a critical role in the history of the Mormon colonies.

Were it not for that uprising and the years of war that followed, Mitt Romney might have been born in Mexico, and might be living there today raising apples and peaches, as many of his cousins do. Many English-speaking families fled, never to return, including that of George Romney, then a boy of 5. Senate in Michigan in I wondered. But Hatch disabused me of my fears. Most of the worst violence in the region ended three years back, he told me.

Hatch would like to get the word out to his old U. The Europeans, however, have kept coming, including a group from the Czech Republic that came to see local landmarks related to the history of Geronimo, the Apache fighter. The enraged Geronimo then launched what would become a year guerrilla campaign against the authorities on both sides of the border.

You are a citizen from birth. Romney was the first presidential candidate born outside the United States, and his decision to run against Nixon in the Republican primary of raised many questions. The issue came to the limelight again in with both parties' candidates.

John McCain was born on a U. It turned out to be a non-issue because a law passed in , and applied retroactively, gave citizenship to anyone born in Panama whose mother or father was a U. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Follow Us. Terms Privacy Policy.

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