The CRS White Paper cites to the Marguet-Pillado case, a dishonest, delusional case, IMO on which I posted an FR vanity thread here:
“Obama cites US v Marguet-Pillado. Dicta implies Obama eligible even if born in Kenya (vanity)”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2857598/posts?page=1
It’s a myth to think a foreign born child of a US parent is automatically a US Citizen.
The US parent or parents must apply for US Citizenship with supporting documentation to the US State Department for a Certificate of Citizenship. If granted, the Certificate of Citizenship serves as the foreign born child’s proof of US Citizenship. Without a Certificate of Citizenship issued by the US State Dept, the foreign born child does not have a way to prove US citizenship.
Without a Certificate of Citizenship, the foreign born child of US Parents remains a citizen of the country where they were born. For example, John McCain was a citizen of Panama until his parents applied to the US State Department for his Certificate of Citizenship. After the Certificate of Citizenship was issued, McCain was considered to be a US Citizen at birth.
Obama’s mother never applied for BHO II to obtain a Certificate of Citizenship. Obama’s mother applied for a US visa so BHO II could enter the country with her. When BHO II graduated High School in Hawaii, he was a Permanent Resident Alien legally residing in the US. Obama naturalized as a US Citizen in 1983 after he reached the age of majority.
The CRS opinion that the above article references was authored by CRS in 1967 concerning the eligibility of George Romney. The 1967 CRS opinion is alleged to state that such a foreign-born child of only one citizen would be "natural born".
Has this 1967 CRS opinion been debunked?