I agree with ODH’s analysis, and I do not understand him to be AGREEING with the Ark decision. I certainly don’t, although I grant that the 14th Amendment is atrociously worded on this question.
Still, I do support, quixotically, efforts to amend the Constitution to end “citizenship by birth alone.” As nearly all nations do, we should accord newborns the same status held by their birth mothers at the time of birth.
I have a friend who had a baby in Europe and was not afforded citizenship. In fact, the baby had no country until the mom went to the embassy to obtain citizenship and a passport for the baby. She had to list every time she was in or out of the US and where she was as well has her husband covering the span of their ENTIRE LIVES.
I think it's a perfectly justified position to believe that birthright citizenship be available through the principle of jus sanguinis, rather than jus soli, as is the case in many of our European allies.
When the Framers of the Constitution and the authors of the 14th Amendment wrote their respective laws, international travel was so cumbersome that I'm sure no one imagined that people would literally be crossing the borders to give birth to American citizens, as is a somewhat frequent occurrence today. Like so many other things, technology has complicated what was a previously uncomplicated provision of law.
I was just pointing out the somewhat disillusioned effort by a state senator to champion state legislation that precludes issuing birth certificates to "illegals", when as a matter of settled law, they aren't illegals, but US citizens.