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Not that it is incorrect to call him an immigrant, but I do think "castaway" and "refugee" fit his situation a little better. Still a xenophobic thing to say he's not an immigrant. Every single document regarding Clark Kent's existence is falsified, so he is, by definition, an illegal alien.
They actually changed this in the mid-90s (and since changed it back). From 96-09, he was a legal US citizen because his "rocket" was somehow just incubating the embryonic Kal-El and thus he was ACTUALLY born on American soil from the Birthing Matrix.
I mean from a lore standpoint thats interesting but for the overall story him being an immigrant works much better.
In principle a baby found on U.S. soil that you cannot find the parents of is assumed to be a baby born in the U.S. and therefore a U.S. citizen by birth according to the 14th amendment.
Anyone who thinks they are going to be sent to a concentration camp could ditch their baby at a fire station and I can't see how it wouldn't be a citizen.
You can't prove the child came from insert country unless you are taking blood samples from all the kids and populous and cross checking them to see if they match. It would cost way more than just ignoring it.
Mother's give home births all the time. And if people are anti abortion, then they better be ready for a lot of babies dropped off at fire stations without paperwork
Reader: "How is he not an immigrant alien?"
90s DC Retconners: Slaps the side of a weird techno-widget "Space Wizards did it."