Citizenship is determined through the status of the parents. It can't work any other way because a newborn infant is simply incapable of making any decisions for itself. Period.
The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment made it clear that in addition to being born within the United States, they also had to fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S., - and they stated that meant "completely" under the jurisdiction of the United States. And they specifically explained that meant, " ...not owing allegiance to anyone else.".
The Supreme Court got it right in the Slaughterhouse and Elk vs Wilkins decisions. Maintaining your principal loyalty to your home country does not make you any kind tribal Indian or foreign diplomat. My very own mother was a case in point.
My father was a U.S. citizen, btw.
“Citizenship is determined through the status of the parents. It can’t work any other way because a newborn infant is simply incapable of making any decisions for itself. Period.”
This is why citizenship cannot rely on the status of the parents. I don’t see why your status would be anything other than an American. It is precisely *because* the child cannot make their own decisions that their status should not be influenced by their parents.
“And they specifically explained that meant, “ ...not owing allegiance to anyone else.”
How does that apply to an infant born in the US? The infant does not have any other allegiance to anyone other than America. The parents do, which is why they cannot become Americans. The infant is a different case.