: "According to the Supreme Court in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Constitution “contemplates two sources of citizenship, and two only: birth and naturalization.” Unless born in the United States, a person “can only become a citizen by being naturalized . . . by authority of congress, exercised either by declaring certain classes of persons to be citizens, as in the enactments conferring citizenship upon foreign-born children of citizens, or by enabling foreigners individually to become citizens . . . .” A person granted citizenship by birth outside the United States to citizen parents is naturalized at birth; he or she is both a citizen by birth and a naturalized citizen."
Two sources of citizenship, not three as you mention. I would wager that the students at the top 10 University at Michigan Law School who edited this commentary know more about this issue than you or I, as does the University of Arizona professor who penned the piece, and the students who undoubtedly assisted him with the research. I see no mention of the three types of citizenship in this piece. Could you point it out to me?
“I see no mention of the three types of citizenship in this piece. Could you point it out to me?”[
The answer is in the CONSTITUTION. Anything written after that, is subject to interpretation. Two people will find two meanings in everything they read.