Is Superman an American citizen?

[xiphias]

No, seriously: he was born on Krypyon to Kryptonian parents. He was RAISED in Kansas by the Kents who raised him as their own. But would he be an American citizen, or is he an illegal, undocumented alien?

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[cheshyre]

What I was trying to explain this morning, from an old rec.arts.comics faq over whether Superman could become President:

post-Crisis, the theory seems to be that he can because Kal-El was sent to Earth in fetal form and wasn't truly born until the birthing matrix in the ship opened up in Kansas.

See also Terence Chua's comment in this thread

[king-tirian.livejournal.com]

This notion comes from the pretty excellent 1991 Action Comics annual, an alternate timeline in which Superman finds himself running for President. (Clark Kent was Pete Ross' campaign manager who was critically injured in an assassination attempt in which Kent's identity was revealed.) To quote: "The justices [of the Superme Court] acknowledged S.T.A.R Labs' evidence that Superman had been artifically conceived within the birthing matrix Thus, it was their unanimous decision that the Man of Steel was truly born only after the matrix opened, on U.S. soil!" And Supes did turn out to be an awesome President.