Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama has been hounded by one of the first nationwide scandals he ever faced. The authenticity of his birth certificate has repeatedly been called into question, leading critics to speculate that he is not a legitimate American citizen.
The debate has led to calls for his impeachment and prosecution; however, a former Department of Justice attorney recently initiated a push for an even bolder move: deportation.
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Larry Klayman, who has gone on to establish the groups Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch following his time at the DOJ, filed a petition with the Department of Homeland Security’s Enforcement Removal Operations calling for Obama to be investigated.
“In sum,” he wrote, “deportation proceedings should be immediately commenced, an investigation undertaken, a full evidentiary hearing held, and Barack Hussein Obama should be removed from the United States.”
Klayman explained the reasoning behind his firm stance, alleging the president has “falsified various birth and other documents” ostensibly proving his citizenship and eligibility to hold his current office.
“It is clear,” the attorney continued, “based on a mountain of evidence as set forth in and attached to the petition, that the president and his agents have falsified documents, such as his birth certificate and Social Security number, to qualify for the privileges of American citizenship such that his citizenship, which is based on false pretenses, must be nullified.”
Klayman maintained that Obama has committed a crime regardless of his actual status by continually sticking to his argument that an obviously forged Hawaiian birth certificate is authentic. Based on Hawaii’s infancy as a state at the time of Obama’s birth, the petition states that there was ample opportunity for mistake in drafting a birth certificate, even if a legitimate document exists.
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“People assume that the existence of a birth certificate from Hawaii proves a birth in Hawaii,” he wrote, “when Hawaii law at the time is explicit that a parent could lawfully request a birth certificate from Hawaii for a child born in a foreign country.”
He recognized that some will conclude he is only seeking action against Obama based on partisan differences; however, he assured the agency that his motivation lies only in holding the current president accountable for his actions.
“Barack Obama’s propensity to not tell the truth is now well known,” he wrote, “even among his leftist supporters.”