Some claim that US immigration law at the time would not confer US citizenship on Obama if he was born outside the country.
Although his mother was a US citizen, she had to reside in the US for a period after the age of 16. Since she was 18, 2 years purportedly wasn't long enough.
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This is a bit more than "some claim", sir. This is Section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1431) that you are talking about, not just a "some claim" issue.
Here's a breakdown for the time frame in which our young Barry was born:
What are the rules for people born between December 23, 1952 and November 13, 1986?
Again, children born abroad to two US citizen parents were US citizens at birth, as long as one of the parents resided in the US at some point before the birth of the child.
When one parent was a US citizen and the other a foreign national, the US citizen parent must have resided in the US for a total of 10 years prior to the birth of the child, with five of the years after the age of 14. An exception for people serving in the military was created by considering time spent outside the US on military duty as time spent in the US.
While there were initially rules regarding what the child must do to retain citizenship, amendments since 1952 have eliminated these requirements. Children born out of wedlock to a US citizen mother were US citizens if the mother was resident in the US for a period of one year prior to the birth of the child. Children born out of wedlock to a US citizen father acquired US citizenship only if legitimated before turning 21.
It is not a "claim" and it is not "purportedly", they are facts. The law at the time read 10 years after the age of 16, the law today requires less time but even under todays laws Bozo would not be a citizen IF, and only if, he was born outside the US.