[Palter]

Well, if Romney gets the GOP nod, I dunno if the NBC thing will be brought up. After all, his father is a Mexican.

Do both parents have to be US Citizens to make the child NBC?

[so_real]

Do both parents have to be US Citizens to make the child NBC?

According to the primary author of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution Rep. John Bingham, "yes" : "every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen". Furthermore, in 1862 he stated "There is not a textbook referred to in any court which does not recognise the principle that I assert." while discussing his understanding of U.S. citizenship. The common understanding is that both "jus soli" and "jus sanguinis" are required.