“Both parents would have had to have been citizens at the moment of her birth.”
Factually, neither parent needed to be a citizen at the time of her birth. This is the definition of an anchor baby. So it doesn’t make any difference if either was a citizen of the US as pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment and the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) a person born within and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States automatically acquires US citizenship, known as jus soli. She was born on US property, OPakland, CA, she’s a citizen whether they are or not. And as a citizen born on US property, she can even run and win the presidency at some point. God help us.
rwood
“...She was born on US property, OPakland, CA, she’s a citizen whether they are or not. And as a citizen born on US property, she can even run and win the presidency at some point. God help us.”
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But what was the meaning of “natural born citizen” at the time the constitution was written? There are legitimate disagreements on that. ORIGINAL MEANING and that portion of the constitution has never been amended and, sadly, has never been DEFINITIVELY litigated.
No way
An ACT of Congress can't make a person a natural born citizen.
Why is that so hard for people to comprehend?