Can someone from American Samoa run for President?

[sadtaco]

I think I can clear things up a bit, unless I'm mistaken here.

She is a citizen. So is McCain. But this was an issue with him as well.

When it comes to presidential eligibility, it says they must be a "natural born citizen" which means born in one of the 50 states.

McCain, however, was not born in the USA. Nor was Tulsi Gabbard or Ted Cruz. They are considered naturalized citizens which means they are exactly the same as someone born in the USA except it's a legal grey area when it comes to presidential eligibility.

Congress has the power to define someone has "natural born" however. They passed a law for McCain declaring him as one and have refused to do so for Ted Cruz.

In Tulsi Gabbards case? I think congress would pass the law as it's quite some political suicide to decline to do so for someone like her like it would have been if they didn't for McCain, unlike Cruz.
And if they don't, the courts would decide, and I believe they'd decide the language means the same and we'd never have this problem again for anyone else.

[Asian Nazi]

Normally people who are born in American Samoa are considered American nationals, but are not citizens.  So somebody who was born in American Samoa would normally be ineligible to be President of the United States.  However, Tulsi Gabbard is a natural born citizen, as her mother was a citizen when she was born.  When she turns 35 in April, she will be eligible to be President of the United States.

[sadtaco]

Yes, but McCain's parents are BOTH American, and one of Cruz's is. It was an issue for them both. It'll be an issue for Tulsi as well.

She will have to get a bill passed in Congress to declare her a Natural Born Citizen, or she will have to win a legal battle challenging it(which she'd probably win, yes, as I said...).

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But, what if, they got American citizenship later (like Tulsi Gabbard)? Would they be considered naturalized and thus ineligible for the Presidency?

Tulsi Gabbard's father was a US citizen, so it doesn't matter where she was born, she was a citizen at birth.

[Famous Mortimer]

In theory, it's debatable. In practice, if someone born in American Samoa was popular enough to get elected president, I doubt the Supreme Court would overturn such an election.