Very good organized logic and explanation.
Now explain the following scenario. First, note the legal distinction between ‘residence’ and ‘domicile’. Second, note the sentence in the Constitution following ‘natural born’, that of the requirement to have resided WITHIN the United States for a period of 14 years.
Consider the scenario of Thomas Jefferson in Paris as US Ambassador. Suppose Jefferson marries and has a child at the ambassador’s residence in Paris. Jefferson maintains his legal ‘domicile’ at Monticello, Virginia throughout the time he is in Europe.
After completing his ambassadorship, Jefferson returns to Monticello with his child. His child grows to the age of 35 and seeks to run for President.
Is the child eligible?
No. The law applies equally to everyone. Jefferson would have needed to have the child naturalized as an American citizen.
AmerAsian children are not even granted US citizenship automatically. Children born overseas to fathers serving their country in Vietnam or Korea have no rights to American citizenship or residency. As of 1987, now they are eligible for visa applications.
* Immigrant visas are issued to Amerasians under Public Law 100-202 (Act of 12/22/87), which provides for the admission of aliens born in Vietnam after January 1, 1962, and before January 1, 1976, if the alien was fathered by a U.S. citizen.