Then you’re saying Obama is eligible because his mother was a citizen.
If that’s correct, why was Obama and his team doing everything they could to come up with proof he was born in Hawaii?
As for Cruz, wasn’t he born in Canada and wasn’t his parents non U.S. Citizens? Just asking.
My understanding was Obama’s Mamma was not 18, which was a statutory requirement.
Supposedly the law in effect at the time of Obama’s birth stated that one of the parents had to be a US Citizen, Stanley Ann Dunham (Obama) met this test.
Second, that parent must have lived in the US for 10 years, the last 5 of which had to be after her 14th birthday. Stanley Ann Dunham failed this test. And since the father was not only not a US citizen, and he was married to someone else (bigamy) he could not transfer citizenship.
I think the law also had an age requirement which she didn’t meet.
So, if Obama was born out of country he was not a U.S. Citizen by birth at the time (Birther’s logic). The way the birth certificate issue was handled by Obama, state of Hawaii, and every word out of his mouth is a lie, I don’t know what to believe.
No Obama is not a citizen at birth (unless it can be shown that he was born on US soil). At the time of his birth, his mother DID NOT meet the requirements as specified in Title 8 Section 1401 and as such, could not qualify him for citizenship.
Under the current law, subsection G is what qualifies Sen Cruz’s mother:
(g) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years
Because Maobama presented himself as a foreign exchange student in college!
Obama was not eligible because at the time, a single parent who was over the age of 23 and had spent the last 5 years living in the United States was able to convey citizenship...she was not old enough when Obama was born... hence he wasn’t eligible.
There are two parts that must be fulfilled for a child born on foreign soil to be a US Citizen.
One parent must be a US Citizen and that parent has to have resided in the US for (I’m not sure of how many) some years after the age of 18.
Obama’s mother was only 18 years old when he was born. Had he been born on foreign soil, she’d have been too young to convey citizenship.
Not the case with Ted Cruz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz
“Since Cruz was born in Canada, commentators for the Austin American-Statesman and the Los Angeles Times, have speculated about Cruz’s legal status as a natural-born citizen. Because he was a U.S. citizen at birth (since his mother was a U.S. citizen who lived in the U.S. for more than 10 years as required by the Nationality Act of 1940), most commentators believe Cruz is eligible to serve as President of the United States.”
Staley Ann Dunham wasn’t of “legal age” was supposed to be Obama’s problem...even if born in Hawaii.