Well, in the 1860's the original wording might have made some sense, but I still prefer my editing. In fact, my rewriting would not affect a US citizen in any manner other than to discourage illegal immigrants.
There is an interesting article about the 14th amendment and its origins and its impact on the power of the federal government. Note the last paragraph in particular 14thAmendment
Containing the last paragraph:
"The Fourteenth Amendment has had precisely the effect that its nineteenth-century Republican party supporters intended it to have: it has greatly centralized power in Washington, D.C., and has subjected Americans to the kind of judicial tyranny that Thomas Jefferson warned about when he described federal judges as those who would be “constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric.” It’s time for all Americans to reexamine the official history of the “Civil War” and its aftermath as taught by paid government propagandists in the “public” schools for the past 135 years."