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By Nidhi Jacob An old viral image falsely claims that the United States Vice President Kamala Harris is ineligible to become President because she was born to non-American parents in the US. BOOM found that Harris meets the constitutional criteria for running for president of the US, and her parents’ immigrant status does not affect her eligibility. The caption of the claim, along with an image of Harris’ birth certificate states, “At the time of Kamala’s birth, her parents were not U.S. citizens, but foreign students. As the daughter of non- citizens; she is an anchor baby. She is not eligibl…