DISINFO: Document found in Jamaica blocks Harris's path to US presidency
SUMMARY
Kamala Harris's birth certificate has been published online. The document states that the politician was born in Jamaica. This fact contradicts US law, which requires the head of state to either be born in the US or have parents with US citizenship. The document was found in a Jamaican hospital located in the same region where Harris's father lived. The politician's mother is from India, and her parents were students the year Kamala was born, which casts doubt on their US citizenship at the time of their daughter's birth.
RESPONSE
A false narrative claiming that Kamala Harris is ineligible to hold office because her parents were not born in the U.S. has been recirculating on social media and reposted by pro-Kremlin and other Russian state-controlled outlets.
Kamala Harris was born in Oakland, California, to Jamaican and Indian immigrants. The fact that her parents are immigrants does not disqualify her from serving as vice president or president, as CBS reminds.
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