[ But as Congress has recognized since the Founding, a person born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent is generally a U.S. citizen from birth with no need for naturalization. And the phrase “natural born Citizen†in the Constitution encompasses all such citizens from birth. Thus, an individual born to a U.S. citizen parent — whether in California or Canada or the Canal Zone — is a U.S. citizen from birth and is fully eligible to serve as President if the people so choose. ]
Anyone who is a citizen who didn’t have to go through the naturalization process but was born into it via a parent is a “Natural Born Citizen”
Anyone who had to go though the Naturalization process via immigration may be a citizen but there are some offices they can never hold.
Hi Grace, please see this link to another post which sets out clarification of the special conditions required to be a natural born citizen. The last few elections have ignored the constitutional requirements.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3380952/posts?page=142#142