I guess that’s why the Congress felt compelled to pass a law clarifying the citizenship of American Indians. Unfortunately, the anchor baby issue has never been resolved. I think that its silly to insist that a child of aliens (not a diplomat) born in this country is a citizen by virtue of birth, but it does seem to be the legal presumption that’s in fashion these days. All of this has nothing to do with this thread, so I will defer further discussion to a good anchor baby thread.
The Expatriation Act of 1868 clearly refuted birth-right citizenship & any notion some people held that there existed some sort of law recognizing dual citizenship in the US.