[DiogenesLamp]

My point is that this is how it is seen. People and the Courts have accepted this, whether it is right or wrong. My personal opinion on the matter is that the 14th was never intended to grant citizenship to the children of transient aliens, and this is clear if you read John Bingham's commentary in the debates on the 14th amendment.

My second point is that the 14th amendment cannot create "natural born citizens" because "natural born citizens" already existed before the 14ht, and did not require the 14th to be citizens.

Therefore any citizen who relies on the operation of the 14th amendment, cannot be a "natural born citizen" as the term was understood by the Founders.

[Jack Black]

Thanks. That’s an excellent paddling over never heard anyone explain before.