To: Eva
“Wouldn’t he have been considered a citizen even if he was born in another country, if his mother was a citizen.”
Yes, it appears so — but it gets a little iffy, since Obama’s Mother was 18 when he was born, so technically she didn’t meet the requirement of residing in the US for 5 years after age 14 — but, as I said, this could be just a technicality.
http://www.pengweber.com/citizenship/citizenbybirth.html
“If both parents are U.S. citizens, at least one resided in the U.S. before the child’s birth.
If one parent is a U.S. citizen, the U.S. citizen parent must have resided in the U.S. for 10 years, at least 5 of which were after age 14.”
But his Father was a citizen of Kenya at the time, would that make Obama also a citizen of Kenya with dual citizenship? I read somewhere that he has dual citizenship. Did he ever renounce his Kenyan citizenship?
44 posted on Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:56:20 PM by FocusNexus (”Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” — Vince Lombardi)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037867/posts
To: bayliving
It means the Bambi campaign admits that he held dual citizenship for part of his life. Some legal people believe that such individuals are ineligible for the presidency for the same reason that those who are not “natural-born” citizens are ineligible: they have or have had loyalty to a country other than the U.S.
5 posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 9:39:32 AM by freespirited
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2093068/posts