[Michael Michael]

Oh really? Huh.

Jacob M. Howard: [The 14th amendment] "will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the government of the United States, but will include every other class of person"

Yes. We have always excluded the children born to ambassadors and diplomats while residing in the US. This even goes back to English common law.

Obama's father was not an ambassador or diplomat.

[Red Steel]

Obama's father was not an ambassador or diplomat.

But he was a foreigner.

the words "foreigner" and alien" are not subordinate to the following clause.