“The one parent with a biological connection to the child did not satisfy the five-year residency requirement.”
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For Obama, there were statehood laws for Hawaii and federal laws for immigration, and fed family law for American women who gave birth overseas in wedlock provides U.S. citizenship. Obama’s father had a wife in Kenya; the U.S. does not recognize polygamy as the Muslims in Kenya do; therefore Obama was born out of wedlock.
The federal laws have changed since then, but it looks like a court case necessary to resolve the differences between immigration law and family law re: citizenship of child when Obama was born.
Our immigration system is a mess. Just one more thing our so-called congress is failing to address.