[DB]

Not under the law 1961.

Obama’s mom hadn't been in the country long enough to qualify her son for American citizenship if he was born outside the country.

[1rudeboy]

Where was Barack’s mom born?

[GreenLanternCorps]

“Not under the law 1961.

Obama’s mom hadn’t been in the country long enough to qualify her son for American citizenship if he was born outside the country.”

Assuming for the moment, that Obama wasn’t born in the US (which I do not agree with), he could still be a citizen despite the age limit.

US immigration law has undergone a lot of changes since the 1960’s largely due to a series of court cases that threw out large chunks of the law as being unconstitutional. It certainly could be argued that by imposing a time limit on a minor, that she could not possibly meet, would act to deprive Stanley Ann Dunham and her son of their rights under the 14th amendment to the Constitution.

It would have to be hashed out in court, but from what I’ve read a case could be made, and if he has citizenship from birth, then he’s natural born.

[greeneyes]

This rule only applies if she was legally married to Obama Snr. I read on one of these threads that his father was actually already married and not divorced from his first wife.

If his mother was thus unwed, she would only have to have been in the US for 12 consecutive months prior to his birth.