[usmcobra]

And the children of such persons so naturalized, dwelling within the United States, being under the age of twenty-one years at the time of such naturalization, shall also be considered as citizens of the United States.

And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens:

Provided, That the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States:

Provided also, That person heretofore proscribed by any State, shall be admitted as a citizen as aforesaid, except by an act of Legislature of the State in which such person was proscribed.

The naturalization act of 1790 defined who was a Citizen of the United States at the very founding of our country, why is this singular example of what our founding father's meant trumped by English law that none of us is bound by since that date?

[mlo]

And once again, your passage applied to, “children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States”. Not to children born inside the country. It has no bearing on this discussion.

[Mr Rogers]

And what part of this phrase do you not understand: "And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens:"?

The full sentence - and it helps to be able to read an entire sentence - runs:

"And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens: Provided, That the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States: Provided also, That person heretofore proscribed by any State, shall be admitted as a citizen as aforesaid, except by an act of Legislature of the State in which such person was proscribed."