“The Founding Fathers never explicitly defined the term “Natural Born Citizen.”
You are mistaken. It was defined in the Naturalization Act of 1790.
The term “Founding Fathers” is not generally used to refer to Congress, even the Congress in 1790. It more commonly refers to the men who signed the Declaration of Independence or drafted / signed / ratified the Constitution.
Actually, that's a complete misunderstanding or misrepresentation of the phrasing of the Act. It used the phrase "natural born," but with the word "as" preceding it. In other words, folks affected by the act were made "as natural born," ie, as if they were natural born. They weren't naturally citizens, but they became "naturalized," by the statute.
Apparently by 1795 the founders realized that such phrasing could confuse some people though, so they removed it.
You can be made a citizen by virtue of statute, or you can be natural born. You can't be both.
And corrected in 1795.. So tired of hearing about 1790...
And I’m in the middle hear, waiting for it to be settled...
Please let this be settled.. Oh, I have an opinion on this,
but I’m no expert like all Ya’ll.
Repealed in 1795.
US citizenship is assigned directly in the US constitution as ratified with the Bill of Rights, and as amended by the 14th amendment. This question can be resolved with the constitution as the authority.
Question, if Congress can make a person a natural born citizen, can it make a naturalized person into a natural born citizen? Why or why not?