Sorry, the two are tied together. A child of TWO PARENTS (lineage) who are citizens, AND born on the soil of that Nation.
If your logic were correct, a child of illegal immigrants could be POTUS.
Give me a freaking break ok. That is such poor reasoning, well... I am embarrassed for you.
“If your logic were correct, a child of illegal immigrants could be POTUS.”
Nope. The parents have to be here “in amity” - in harmony - with the government.
Have you read the DISSENT to WKA? It complains, “Considering the circumstances surrounding the framing of the Constitution, I submit that it is unreasonable to conclude that “natural-born citizen” applied to everybody born within the geographical tract known as the United States, irrespective of circumstances, and that the children of foreigners, happening to be born to them while passing through the country, whether of royal parentage or not, or whether of the Mongolian, Malay or other race, were eligible to the Presidency, while children of our citizens, born abroad, were not.”
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0169_0649_ZD.html
Although I’m not a birther, the dissent is an excellent read. However, it is also the DISSENT.