Originally Posted by
reefraff
http:///forum/post/2973329
If Obama's mother had resided in the US for a minimum of 5 years in her life being a US citizen her child would be considered a natural born citizen no matter the status of his father. If the father was a resident alien she must have lived in the country for a year.
So even if Obama wasn't born in the US he will still be considered a natural born citizen if his mother had lived here at least 5 years in her life. The people pushing this suit needn't fear being spirited away in the dead of night for their rocket fuel formulas.
I found overwhelming plethora of information,so much info that i can see why this has gone on for so long.A vast Bureaucratic Grey Area
THE CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN BORN OVERSEAS - MAY 2007
(1) a blood relationship between the person and the father is established by clear and convincing
evidence,
(2) the father had the nationality of the United States at the time of the person's birth,
(3) the father (unless deceased) has agreed in writing to provide financial support for the person until
the person reaches the age of 18 years, and
(4) while the person is under the age of 18 years-
(A) the person is legitimated under the law of the person's residence or domicile,
(B) the father acknowledges paternity of the person in writing under oath, or
(C) the paternity of the person is established by adjudication of a competent court.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in section 405, the provisions of section 301(g) shall apply to a
child born out of wedlock on or after January 13, 1941, and before December 24, 1952, as of the
date of birth, if the paternity of such child is established at any time while such child is under the age
of twenty-one years by legitimation.
(c) Notwithstanding the provision of subsection (a) of this section, a person born, after December
23, 1952, outside the United States and out of wedlock shall be held to have acquired at birth the
nationality status of his mother, if the mother had the nationality of the United States at the time of
such person's birth, and if the mother had previously been physically present in the United States or
one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year.
http://www.aca.ch/joomla/images/pdfs/childcit.pdf
(United States Code, Title 8, section 1448). The United States of America does not accept dual citizenship. In order for a person to be naturalized as a citizen, he or she must take an oath of allegiance to the United States of America and renounce allegiance and fidelity to the foreign state. A person can not swear allegiance to this country and owe it to another.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/1448.html
13 cases still pending all the way up to the Supreme Court.