I'll give you two examples of "Native Born" folks and explain to you why they are "Native Born".
Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana was born in 1971 in Baton Rouge to parents of Indian citizenship. Since his parents were not U.S. citizens at the time..... Bobby is "Native Born" and also had dual citizenship of both the U.S. and India.
Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator from Florida was born ...also in 1971 at Miami, Florida of Cuban parents who were not U.S. citizens at the time. Marco is also "Native Born".
Both of these gentlemen have attained elective positions in our country which are legal under the Constitution. But....they could never attain the office of the presidency as neither are "Natural Born" (to two parents of U.S. Citizenship). The Constitution prevents anyone except "Natural Born" from being the "Commander in Chief"......for obvious reasons that, unfortunately.....too many folks are clueless about.
The following is from the Naturalization Act of 1790:
United States Congress, “An act to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization” (March 26, 1790).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any Alien being a free white person, who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for the term of two years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof on application to any common law Court of record in any one of the States wherein he shall have resided for the term of one year at least, and making proof to the satisfaction of such Court that he is a person of good character, and taking the oath or affirmation prescribed by law to support the Constitution of the United States, which Oath or Affirmation such Court shall administer, and the Clerk of such Court shall record such Application, and the proceedings thereon; and thereupon such person shall be considered as a Citizen of the United States. And the children of such person so naturalized, dwelling within the United States, being under the age of twenty one years at the time of such naturalization, shall also be considered as citizens of the United States. And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens: Provided, that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States: Provided also, that no person heretofore proscribed by any States, shall be admitted a citizen as aforesaid, except by an Act of the Legislature of the State in which such person was proscribed. **********************************************************
In this Act itself we have two type of citizens described....."Naturalized" and "Natural Born" (of two citizen parents). Now......what about folks who have been born in this country to parents who were not U.S. Citizens? Were they just left in Limbo....or are they obviously considered "Native Born"? They weren't mentioned as their citizenship had nothing to do with the Naturalization process.....but the Congress wanted to make sure that children born overseas of "U.S. citizen parents" still had the distinction of "Natural Born". It is possible to be "Natural Born" but not "Native Born". Conversely....you are not necessarily "Natural Born" if you are "Native Born". If you have been "Naturalized....you are neither.
There are three types of citizenship....not two. "Natural Born, Native Born and Naturalized"! The 14th Amendment had nothing to do with the status of "Natural Born" citizen.
The Naturalization Act of 1790 was repealed in 1795 correct?
“There are three types of citizenship....not two. “Natural Born, Native Born and Naturalized”! The 14th Amendment had nothing to do with the status of “Natural Born” citizen.”
So what did Revolutionary War Hero, prominent law professor St. James Tucker mean when in 1803 he wrote,
“That provision in the constitution which requires that the president shall be a native-born citizen (unless he were a citizen of the United States when the constitution was adopted,) is a happy means of security against foreign influence, which, wherever it is capable of being exerted, is to be dreaded more than the plague.”