The statement of an unnamed State Department Bureaucrat on this issue carries no weight. Besides that the statement indicated that nobody knows the answer.
I disagree.
I know the answer, and the answer is that Children of Citizens born outside the United States are Natural Born Citizens. We have George Washington’s signature on that position.
You’re correct, and I have three NBC grandchildren born to my US daughter outside the US as proof.
George Washington’s signature on that legislation had a caveat. So we know that even he felt there was an exception. That legislation was repealed five years later for some reason. There is evidence pointing both ways as to the status of citizens born overseas.
Both sides quoting laws and declaring that they’re right does no good. Each side is further alienating the other.
You think one thing. I think another. John Doe thinks something else and so does Jane. The issue is very personal to FReepers on both sides.
Do you want to keep FR united or do you want to be right? I’m willing to stop arguing for the sake of FR. Are you?