If he was legally adopted by his step-father Soetero, as has been reported, then it is highly likely he was also made into an Indonesian citizen. I would like to know how often any child of any nationality gets adopted by a step-parent or adoptive parent of another nationality and does not also become a citizen (even if a dual-citizen) of that country. I’ll bet that’s an unlikely event and that he did become an Indonesian citizen (dual-citizen), even if he had no say in the matter at the tender age of 6.
This may not go at all to the issue of eligibility under the US Constitution, but IF in fact he is or has been a citizen of Indonesia, that is a highly relevant fact of his background that he seems to have buried, despite writing TWO memoirs. As I said in a post above, it may well be the cover-up and deception that is the main issue now. I have not seen any reason to really doubt that he was/is a natural born US citizen and thus constitutionally eligible, but I think a lot of people would be surprised, maybe very disturbed, if he were a dual-citizen with Indonesia and concealed that fact. It’s the deception......
Indonesia does not believe in dual citizenship.
Barry Soetoro is a legal Indonesian citizen by adoption.
But more importantly Our constitution does not allow anyone with divided loyalties to be president.
Barry “I am a citizen of the world” has should time and time again he has no loyalty to this country.
Plus a lie that he is not Muslim. Which is why he will not provide a baptism certificate. Even if he was (much) later baptized a Christian, it would only serve to add question to the birth certificate issue. Too many unanswered questions for this to go away for Obama or whatever his name is...
Are you saying that a child adopted by a step-parent of another nationality would take the citizenship of the adoptive parent, rather than the citizenship of the natural parent, who is still in the picture? That makes no sense to me. Also, most countries have strict requirements for citizenship which usually include residency for a number of years. Was Obama even in Indonesia long enough to gain citizenship? What are the requirements in Indonesia? Does Indonesia even offer citizenship to immigrants? Some countries don’t.