An Obama supporter, who is a Morman retorted to me yesterday that, “As long as his mother is a U.S. citizen B.O. could be born anywhere and still be a U.S. citizen.
Can anyone cite any evidence to prove otherwise so that I can reply to the B.O. supporter?
You have to look at the notes as well, since the law changed in 1986.
Under the current law, someone born abroad with one US Parent and one foreign citizen parent, is a citizen at birth if their citizen parent resides in the US for a total of five years, two of the after their 14th birthday. Previously it had been ten and five years repectively. Obama's mother did not satisfy that criteria, since she was only 18 when he was born.
Actually, they are citing current law correctly. It suffices to have a US citizen mother to become a citizen at birth, and you can be born anywhere to get that. But that's today not 1961. The best you can do in retort is to point out that the law at the time of BHO's birth was a bit confusing such that a woman as young as Obama's mother might not meet residency requirements (something like 3 years in the US after age 16) if he was born overseas. If he was born in Honolulu, SCOTUS Wong Kim Ark ruling is the precedent and he's a citizen for sure.