I cannot answer who is responsible.... It has always been part of my life as soon as I was old enough to understand I was born in a foreign country.
Think about it... Why was Trump using that song “Born In The USA” to open up some of his campaign stops? Sure was not because it is a patriotic song...
I can tell you natural born is a birthright, citizen parents, born in the USA, and I can point to where the Founding Fathers came up with it, but that is not good enough.
As enacted in the 1790 law, how was “natural born Citizen” defined?
What part of the Constitution controlled the enactment of the 1790 Law?