Its a common misunderstanding among Americans "you have to be born in the US to become president." I'm not sure where that came from but it's not exactly true. The Constitution says you have to be a "natural born citizen" to become president. "Natural born citizen," however, is not defined.
IMO, I think the reason it wasn't defined is because the meaning is obvious, there's two ways to be a citizen, - by birth ("natural") or by naturalization.
As mentioned above, Ted Cruz was a serious contender for POTUS yet was born in Canada as well as George Romney, who was born in Mexico. Those two about as close as we got to "settling" the issue.
John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone which, at the time, was an unincorporated territory of the United States. Does that "count" as being "the United States" if you're going to interpret "natural born citizen" that way? People may disagree. They also may disagree if military bases "count" the same way as the Panama Canal Zone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone#Citizenship
US Senate passed a non-binding resolution that McCain was a "natural born Citizen" of the United States.
There have been several Presidents who have one non-citizen parent, the most recent being Barrack Obama.
IMO, I think the reason it wasn't defined is because the meaning is obvious, there's two ways to be a citizen, - by birth ("natural") or by naturalization.
Tons of discussion on the topic here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause
As mentioned above, Ted Cruz was a serious contender for POTUS yet was born in Canada as well as George Romney, who was born in Mexico. Those two about as close as we got to "settling" the issue.
John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone which, at the time, was an unincorporated territory of the United States. Does that "count" as being "the United States" if you're going to interpret "natural born citizen" that way? People may disagree. They also may disagree if military bases "count" the same way as the Panama Canal Zone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone#Citizenship
US Senate passed a non-binding resolution that McCain was a "natural born Citizen" of the United States.
There have been several Presidents who have one non-citizen parent, the most recent being Barrack Obama.