Originally posted by sos37
The way I read Marrs' article, the law does not automatically give citizenship to the child if the father is not an American citizen and the mother
is. But instead of denying citizenship in this case, it looks to the mother and says "Okay, if the mother is a citizen and has lived in the U.S. for
10 years, 5 of which must be after the age of 16, then citizenship can be passed on", and at the time of his birth she didn't meet that requirement
to pass on U.S. citizenship.
Marr's article does give that impression, which is an indication of how little truth it conveys.
The fact is, two illegal 13 year old immigrants can parachute into America, give birth the moment they hit the ground, and that child is an American
citizen.
I expect you have been hearing complaints for years about this fact.
So there is no problem about the son of an American citizen and a legal immigrant, born in Hawaii in 1961, being a natural born citizen, because he
was a citizen the moment he popped out without needing any law to make him so.