jimlongley wrote:While I see Obama as a Chicago politician, and thus crooked by definition, I don't see the non-citizen thing as valid. Though somewhat obscure, the onl provenance necessary to be a "natural born citizen" is being the child of one, doesn't matter where the person is born, the child of a citizen is a citizen.
Uh, no. We only went over that about 40 times; his mother did
not meet the requirements for jus sanguinis.
From INS:
A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) INA provided the citizen parent was physically present in the U.S. for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen are required for physical presence in the U.S. to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.