To: Polarik
Doesn't look like it is a technicality anyway, under a 1934 statute, anyone born abroad to a citizen mother after May 24th 1934 who has previously resided in the US is an American citizen. Even if Ann Dunham was in Kenya when BO was born, he would have been a citizen at birth. But it probably doesn't apply anyway, without any substantive evidence to the contrary, Barak Obama was born in Hawaii and the idea that he was born in Kenya is nothing more than a conspiracy theory. Speaking of which: AS for the "next four years" bit, don't bet on it. Sounds like someone is going to be getting their door kicked in at 3AM by the Men in Black....
To: sinsofsolarempirefan
citizen does not equal natural born citizen
POTUS requirement states natural born citizen
277 posted on
11/07/2008 4:09:54 PM PST by
Gemsbok
(Will the real Barry Dunham, Barry Soetoro, Barack J. Obama, Barack Husein Obama...please stand up?)
To: sinsofsolarempirefan
Doesn't look like it is a technicality anyway, under a 1934 statute, anyone born abroad to a citizen mother after May 24th 1934 who has previously resided in the US is an American citizen WRONG !!!!! Here is the law as stated on the US State Department website:
Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock: A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) INA provided the citizen parent was physically present in the U.S. for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen are required for physical presence in the U.S. to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.
She did not live in the US for 5 years after the age of 14 before he was born. If he was born overseas, not only would he not have "natural born" citizenship, he would not have US citizenship.
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