NOPE. You’re wrong.
He was born here, his parents were legal residents, that makes him a native born citizen.
See: United States Citizenship and Immigration Service - Citizenship
There are three types of statutory citizenship recognized by the government:
-native born (jus solis) - born in the U.S.A.
-citizenship from parents (jus sanguinis) - derived from parents when born overseas
-naturalized - foreign national applies for citizenship
All three types of citizenhip have equal rights. All three can serve in the U.S.Congress, either in the House or Senate.
Natural born citizen is NOT a statutory type of citizenship nor is it recognized as such by the U.S. government.
It only appears in the U.S.Constitution as an eligibility requiremnet to be President.
The Presidency requires one to be a natural born citizen, that is born in the U.S.A. of citizen parents (jus solis plus jus sanguinis).
There is legal precedent in Minor v. Happersett (1875).
“The citizenship issue decided in Minor v. Happersett has been documented as precedent by multiple sources of legal scholarship...the Supreme Court issued two holdings in Minor; one on citizenship and the other on voting rights. That the citizenship issue is precedent, and not dictum, has never been questioned in our national history until now,..that for over a century before the appearance of Obama, Minor was recognized and cited as precedent on the definition of federal citizenship.”
Leo Donofrio - http://www.naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com
rubio ping NBC?
Applying for citizenship is only the beginning of the process. Doesn't the process have to complete, up to and including being sworn in as a citizen, before you can call the person a citizen?
-PJ