11-30-2008, 07:12 PM
swampy wrote:
BHO was adopted by his stepfather and took his last name. There was no dual citizenship recognized at that time. Children at that time had to be citizens to attend school in Indonesia. He was registered in school as "Indonesian" citizenship and "Muslim" for his religion. Only since 2006 has Indonesia allowed dual citizenship for children under 18.
But the questions still remains. How did BHO resolve this issue with US immigration and the State Department at age 18?
I showed you that the pertinent US codes make it clear that Obama would have to personally have renounced his citizenship - his parents could not do it. No one has provided any evidence that he did renounce his citizenship when he was in Indonesia - for one thing, he would have to have been at least 14 years old to do so and he wasn't when he was there (he returned to Hawaii when he was 10). Whether or not Indonesia had that as their law at the time, that was their problem not Obama's. IOW, Indonesian law at the time is totally irrelevant - whatever the law was, the only way Obama could have lost his citizenship was if he was at least 14 years old and formally renounce his citizenship. He was too young to do so and there is no evidence he even tried. There simply was not issue with US immigration or the State Department to resolve.