“Wouldn’t he have been considered a citizen even if he was born in another country, if his mother was a citizen.”
Yes, it appears so — but it gets a little iffy, since Obama’s Mother was 18 when he was born, so technically she didn’t meet the requirement of residing in the US for 5 years after age 14 — but, as I said, this could be just a technicality.
http://www.pengweber.com/citizenship/citizenbybirth.html
“If both parents are U.S. citizens, at least one resided in the U.S. before the child’s birth.
If one parent is a U.S. citizen, the U.S. citizen parent must have resided in the U.S. for 10 years, at least 5 of which were after age 14.”
But his Father was a citizen of Kenya at the time, would that make Obama also a citizen of Kenya with dual citizenship? I read somewhere that he has dual citizenship. Did he ever renounce his Kenyan citizenship?
My husband’s former brother-in-law was born in Cuba, while his father was stationed there with the state department, during WWII. His parents never applied for his citizenship, that is they never filed the necessary papers, though just a formality, so he never had to register for the draft. He, thus avoided service during the Vietnam war. He votes regularly, though.
Yes, it appears so — but it gets a little iffy, since Obama’s Mother was 18 when he was born, so technically she didn’t meet the requirement of residing in the US for 5 years after age 14 — but, as I said, this could be just a technicality.
“If both parents are U.S. citizens, at least one resided in the U.S. before the child’s birth.
If one parent is a U.S. citizen, the U.S. citizen parent must have resided in the U.S. for 10 years, at least 5 of which were after age 14.”"
No.
The Constitutional requirement is that to qualify, a person must be a "natural born" citizen. The citizenship statutes have no bearing on the question.
He also has a real Citizenship issue. If he didn't do a naturalization proceeding, and if he was in fact born in Kenya, he isn't a Citizen either because his mother flunks the five years after age 21 requirement.
““Wouldn’t he have been considered a citizen even if he was born in another country, if his mother was a citizen.”
Yes, it appears so — but it gets a little iffy, since Obama’s Mother was 18 when he was born, so technically she didn’t meet the requirement of residing in the US for 5 years after age 14 — but, as I said, this could be just a technicality.”