[taxcontrol]

This statement is in reference to children born abroad. At the time of Obama’s birth, one of the parents had to be a legal adult, residing in the US for at least 5 years prior to the birth of the child.

[Liberty1970]

My understanding is his mother was a US citizen, and that it doesn’t matter how long you are in the US if you are a US citizen. She could have just gotten back from a vacation to Moscow for all it mattered. I also recall that someone here on FR found his birth announcement in a Hawaiian newspaper, so I’m afraid all this B.C. fraud hype is much ado about nothing.