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Explain how Obama’s mother took him through US Customs and Immigration without a US passport as a child.

Created by T.W. on April 08, 2013

When Obama was young, children traveled as an addition to their parents’ passports.
Passport regulations required a photo of parent and child together, as well as a certified copy of a hospital birth certificate.
If Obama was born in the United States, there should be a photo of little Barack Obama with his mother, as well as a certified copy of his Hawaiian birth certificate in her file.
No photos of little Barack nor a birth certificate are in the file.
The only mention of little Obama is when his mother tried to renew her passport at the US Consulate in Jakarta.
She failed to go get his Hawaiian birth certificate and retake her photo.
Congress: Please ask the Passport Legal Office to explain how Obama’s mother took him through US Customs and Immigration without a US passport.

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