Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment grants birthright citizenship in 1898
The case involved a Chinese son of a couple who were barred from citizenship because of racism, despite having otherwise met the conditions of citizenship.
The 14th Amendment was not meant to be an easy path to citizenship.
“All from other lands, who, by the terms of your laws and in compliance with their provisions become naturalized, are adopted citizens of the United States; all other persons born within the Republic, of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty, are natural born citizens. Gentlemen can find no exception to this statement touching natural born citizen except what is said in the Constitution in relation to [Native American] Indians.” [underline emphasis added] Source: Congressman John Bingham (R) OH the “Father of the 14th Amendment”, 1862, Congressional Globe – http://www.usnaturalborncitizen.com/bingham.html
Under some circumstances?