Can you quote the constitution for us on that?
OK, here is what I found on a very quick search:
In the case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898), the Supreme Court ruled that a person becomes a citizen of the United States at the time of birth, by virtue of the first clause of the 14th amendment of the Constitution, if that person is:
Born in the United States
Has parents that are subjects of a foreign power, but not in any diplomatic or official capacity of that foreign power
Has parents that have permanent domicile and residence in the United States
Has parents that are in the United States for business
I apologize for thinking it was in the constitution. I’ve read the damn thing so many times, you’d think I would have known it wasn’t addressed directly. I wonder why it isn’t? It seems like something they would have thought about before talking about everything else. Sort of, “here’s who can be in the club” before defining the club rules.
I stand corrected and humbled once more....