“...as much a CITIZEN as a Natural Born Citizen
The quote actually reads, “The child of an alien, if born in the country, is as much a citizen as the natural born child of a citizen, and by operation of the same principle.”
I was paraphrasing. Hence no “quotation” marks.
Your “quote” says the same thing....as much a citizen, it does not say “as much a Natural Born Citizen”.
So, you really do have a problem with comprehension. I was just guessing and you reinforced my assumption.
But your paraphrase does not mean what the actual quote means. The actual quote indicates no difference between the citizenship of the child of an immigrant if born in this country and the child of a citizen if born in this country.
Your “quote” says the same thing....as much a citizen, it does not say “as much a Natural Born Citizen”.
At the risk of stating the obvious, nowhere in the quote does the phrase natural-born citizen occur. It says natural-born child of a citizen.
So, you really do have a problem with comprehension. I was just guessing and you reinforced my assumption.
Not based on what you're posting.