I have a lot of arguments. I often argue my own logic. But quoting definitions of natural and native does not change the statutes under which we argue the Cruz case. When I say does not need to be naturalized, I refer to the normal naturalization process ending with a ceremony. I am not talking about the statutory naturalization at birth.
“I have a lot of arguments.”
I realize that. I understand what you are trying to argue. You should understand I’ve heard these same arguments over and over again countless times since 1964, when I was tasked with an assignment to write a theme paper about the eligibility issue faced by Barry Goldwater and his campaign for the President.
It took me awhile to understand the pieces of the puzzle, but by the time George Romney faced the eligibility issue in his campaign for President, I had learned about the differences between the statutory naturalization laws versus the Natural Law and the naturalization of children born abroad. I’ve been asked by friends to help with dealing with their own family problems with citizenship, helping them write letters to Senators for help. I understand the language is very poorly understood, even by the State Department responsible for administering these laws (especially them!). But the bottomline is comes back to the historical chain of evidence and these case law decisions and dicta. They confirm the historical record by observing that such children are in fact naturalized U.S. citizens despite there being no need to subject them to the immigration and naturalization procedures for aliens acquiring U,S citizenship after birth. The poorly described process begins with birth as an alien born outside U.S. jurisdiction followed by an immediate acquisition at birth of U.S. citizenship, provided only when the parent/s or child adopts and perfects the at birth U.S. citizenship retroactively after satisfying the conditions to perfect the right and claim after birth. That is why there is so much confusion surrounding the terminology the government/s use improperly and inconsistently and thereby mislead so many people.