“Yes, it’s true that children can become US citizens thru parentage, but they’re still not a “natural born citizen” as the Constitution requires.”
The foreign service pukes at the embassy told me differently.
According to them, a citizen by parentage is a citizen by birth.
According to them, a citizen by parentage is a citizen by birth.
Of course they'd believe that, otherwise they wouldn't allow themselves to be stationed overseas.
Further, there are some arguments for that position based on a 1790 law (Which was superseded in 1795, by a law that dropped 'natural born' as a descriptor).
In point of fact, this is a grey area, and the answer is indeterminate until the Supremes rule on it.