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There are naturalized citizens and natural born citizens.

Sure ... but there are several flavors of "naturalized". There is naturalized-by-statute, naturalized-by-treaty, naturalized-by-resolution, and ... after the 14th Amendment was ratified ... naturalized-by-birth. Perhaps there are others as well! Congress was given the ability to define "uniform" laws of naturalization by Article I. Where power is granted, power is abused. Is it any wonder a multitude of naturalization methods were introduced?

13 posted on 08/04/2009 1:16:04 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")

“after the 14th Amendment was ratified ... naturalized-by-birth”

No. The 14th amendment says all persons born OR naturalized in the U.S. are U.S. citizens. The “or” means born citizens and naturalized citizens aren’t one and the same. To be born a citizen is not to be “made natural,” but rather to be natural.