Gov. Bobby Jindal releases his birth certificate

Following President Obama’s lead, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (Rep.), previously named as the Child of Immigrants of the Day” on ImmigrationProf,  has released his birth certificate.  He arrived in the United States in utero, his mother about three months pregnant. His mother came to pursue a graduate degree in nuclear physics at LSU. Jindal’s parents arrived in the United States on February 1, 1971.  On June 10, 1971, Piyush (Bobby) Jindal was born in Baton Rouge.

Gov. Jindal, knowing that his own status will certainly be examined in the event he ends up on a presidential ticket, released his birth certificate.  According to a news article on the release, “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.”

Will Republicans seeking to restrict the 14th Amendment’s grant of birthright citizenship attack Jindal if he becomes a serious Vice Presidential contender attack Governor Jindal as a “anchor baby”?

KJ