But they didn't say *IS*. They said "shall be consider *AS*". Meaning Similar.
They also said that having a foreign father kills the deal.
Provided, that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States:
The opposite, Dio, is for it to have said, “shall NOT be considered as.”
So, to be clear that the reading of the law would not reject those born overseas, the law said to consider them as “natural born citizens”.
IF you need to be a natural born citizen to run for the presidency, and if person A is to be, in that situation, considered as a natural born citizen, then he is eligible for the presidency.
Hypothetical:You are now considering Person A, who is to be considered as a natural born citizen, for the presidency.
How are you to consider him: (1)As a natural born citizen who is eligible, or (2) Not as a natural born citizen who would not be eligible?