[Marie]

actually, we needed the long form as official record of his father’s citizenship at the time of his birth. up to this point, it was only hearsay.

Seriously? I didn't know that. But wouldn't the COLB he presented in '09 have given the same proof?

[sten]

no. the COLB only has the race of the father, not the birthplace (though it should be tracking citizenship status at the time). as his father never became an American, it doesn’t matter. we have a document that now shows his father was born in another country.

now we have proof that both parents were not citizens at the time of his birth

pretty clear cut. to ignore this would be an affront to the integrity of the Constitution