[dalight]

That question is a distraction. The REAL question is whether he is an NBC. The facts on that issue almost incontrovertibly point to “NO.”

The funny thing is that if you read the State Department's own manual on citizenship they specifically separate the definition of Natural Born citizen from Naturalized and Birthright Citizenship.

[SatinDoll]

“if you read the State Department’s own manual on citizenship they specifically separate the definition of Natural Born citizen from Naturalized and Birthright Citizenship.”

Really? Do you have a copy? Or is it online?

I know that there are three types of statutory citizenship: native born (born in the U.S. to legal residents); citizenship-by-statute (born overseas to one or two U.S. citizen parents); and naturalization (foreign-born but naturalized as citizen).

Natural Born Citizen only appears in the U.S.Constitution as an eligibility requirement for the Presidency. It is NOT now, nor has it ever been, a type of citizenship.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I didn’t know that. Thanks for pointing that out. Do you have a reference or citation?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Considering the fact that many dispute his sire and perhaps even his mother, then this State Department ruling would certainly have some bearing on the issue...

7 FAM 1118 FOUNDLINGS
(CT:CON-314; 08-21-2009)
a. Under INA 301(f) (8 U.S.C. 1401(f)) (formerly Section 301(a)(6)) INA), a child of unknown parents is conclusively presumed to be a U.S. citizen if found in the United States when under 5 years of age...

Indeed, there are many who would argue that he was "found," not "born" given the complete absence of a historical record.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I just reviewed the U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual Volume 7 - Consular Affairs, Section 7 FAM 1100 ACQUISITION AND RETENTION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALITY and Section 7 FAM 1110 ACQUISITION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP BY BIRTH IN THE UNITED STATES and can find no definition of NBC.