08-04-2009, 10:37 PM
Sorry for the seemingly stupid question here, but even if Obama was born in Kenya wouldn't he still be a US citizen? This seems to indicate so.
http://travel.state.gov/law/info/info_609.html
I mean, it's not like his mother stops being a US citizen the moment she (hypothetically) leaves US soil for a vacation.
I am finding this all way more fascinating than I should. We don't have this kind of political and extremist excitement up here in Canada. The closest we had was when our Prime Minister choked some dude at a protest and pretty much everything that Pierre Trudeau did.
http://travel.state.gov/law/info/info_609.html
Quote:Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock: 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.
I mean, it's not like his mother stops being a US citizen the moment she (hypothetically) leaves US soil for a vacation.
I am finding this all way more fascinating than I should. We don't have this kind of political and extremist excitement up here in Canada. The closest we had was when our Prime Minister choked some dude at a protest and pretty much everything that Pierre Trudeau did.