In order to be a “natural born citizen”, both parents have to be US citizens. The “birthrite citizenship” given to Mexicans and other invaders is the result of an erroneous interpretation.
“birthrite citizenship” was the result of a twentieth century erroneous reinterpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution adopted on July 9, 1868. The intent of this amendment was to overturn the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision (1857) which barred freed slaves from becoming citizens. The amendment also included clauses dealing with officials of the Confederacy.
The United States Constitution, Section 1 of Article Two sets forth the eligibility requirements for serving as President of the United States:
“No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”
The Fourteenth Amendment does not use the phrase "natural born citizen". It does states that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
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