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Line 29: − − =="Scrubbing" of the term from the internet== − In the wake of the official release of President Obama's long-form birth certificate, editors have engaged in an edit war in Wikipedia in their article<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_born_citizen</ref> on the subject, as key references to Vatell about the meaning of ''natural-born citizen'' were forcibly removed.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=293069</ref><ref>http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=294221</ref> Within a week, "sanitizing" of sorts took place on other online dictionaries and reference sites,<ref>http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1477742/pg1</ref> as each revision sought to push the idea that the Constitution's ''natural-born'' clause should refer to anyone born in the United States regardless of the immigration status of the parents.<ref>http://www.onelook.com/?w=Natural%20born%20citizen&ls=a (mirrors Wikipedia)</ref><ref>http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/naturalize?q=naturalized#naturalize__3</ref><ref>http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/natural%20born%20citizen (mirrors Wikipedia)</ref>
→"Scrubbing" of the term from the internet: rm outdated information that is no longer accurate (de Vattel is mentioned in WP's article)
* [[Marco Rubio]] was born in the US, but his parents were Cuban exiles who were not US citizens at the time.
* [[Marco Rubio]] was born in the US, but his parents were Cuban exiles who were not US citizens at the time.
* [[Bobby Jindal]] was born in the US, but his parents were Indian nationals at the time of his birth.
* [[Bobby Jindal]] was born in the US, but his parents were Indian nationals at the time of his birth.
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