Precisely. so far as Indonesia was concerned, Obama could've been a full-fledged Indonesian citizen.
But that would cut no ice regarding his American citizenship. At the time, we didn't recognize dual citizenship and -- if he was born in the USA -- he was an Ammerican citizen. He couldn't lose his American citizenship by virtue of being adopted and declared an Indonesian citizen as a minor.
The only relevant issue in this dispute is where he was born.
Indeed, even if he used an Indonesian passport to gain admission and scholarship funds from Occidental, I doubt that would negate his American citizenship.
It would constitute criminal fraud, however.
“if he was born in the USA — he was an Ammerican citizen. He couldn’t lose his American citizenship by virtue of being adopted and declared an Indonesian citizen as a minor.”
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You totally miss the point... “NATURAL BORN”
Actually, using a foreign passport over the age of 18 would disqualify him. Sven Magnussen has posted relevant laws and statues, in effect at the time (and maybe still, I can’t remember). Sven also quoted laws or statues or whatever they are detailing exactly how a child adopted by a foreigner could indeed renounce and officially lose US citizenship. So with 0h0m0, everything is up in the air. He may not be a US citizen of any kind at all.
Until all documentation is made public and vetted legally, no one knows what the deal is with him - what is his legal name, legal citizenship state - “natural born” or even “regular”, or even who his parents are. What to speak of his birth place.