[Walt Griffith]

I simply pointed out a couple of things that would cause an otherwise US citizen to not be able to have a US citizen child in Canada.

With what you have stated to me in your reply, that would make her child a US citizen at birth, because she can bestow citizenship on her child as a birth mother and that child would be eligible to be president of the USA the same as I am and you are if you are born by a US citizen mother. Location of that mother only maters if she is not there legally.

Brcause the child was born in Canada, the Canadian government would make him or she to be a Canadian citizen, thus creating dual citizenship for the child if their laws still function as they did in 1970.

[grania]

I think everyone agrees that "citizen" and "natural born citizen" are different. The writers of our founding documents wouldn't bother using "nbc" if they weren't. Does Obama or Cruz being born a dual citizen make them natural born citizens? Is Cruz's case even more questionable since he was born outside the US.

I'm only asking the questions the dems would use to stifle Cruz's campaign. We need a definition; it should've happened when that problem was exposed after Obama's first run for President.

[Cboldt]

-- Location of that mother only maters if she is not there legally. --

I don't think it does, under 1401(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

That just says "outside the US." IIRC, State Department regulations impose a condition that the country of birth recognizes the marriage relationship between the parents.