When is someone who's a "citizen of the United States at birth" ever an alien? In the womb?
Ummm...key words there...at birth.
If that child in the womb is aborted were they ever even a citizen or an alien?
Just answer the question. You claim that anyone whose status is governed by 8 USC is an alien first. Yet § 1401 describes who is a citizen at birth. So: when--for what period of their life--is someone who's a "citizen at birth" an alien?
“Ummm...key words there...at birth.
If that child in the womb is aborted were they ever even a citizen or an alien?”
Ah, I see I was right, and that somehow you would bring up the limbo between birth and conception. Well, what would the fetus be? Who cares? Once they are born, the law applies to them and they are citizens. Therefore the law applies to citizens, and you were wrong to say it doesn’t.