The child always follows the allegiance of the father. http://www.usnaturalborncitizen.com/meaningofnaturalborn.html
Harris was born Oct. 20, 1964, and her father was a citizen of Jamaica at the time of her birth.
Specifically, Chapter 2 (entitled Citizenship) of the Jamaica Constitution, Section 3C states:
Every person born outside Jamaica shall become a citizen of Jamaica –
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on the sixth day of August 1962, in the case of a person born before that date; or
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on the date of his/her birth, in the case of a person born on or after the sixth day of August 1962,
if, at that date, his/her father or mother is a citizen of Jamaica by birth, descent, or
registration by virtue of marriage to a citizen of Jamaica.
Yeah. I was always told in school you have to be a natural born citizen which means your parents have to BOTH be citizens and you have to be born in the US or a US territory.
Whoever told you that was mistaken. Natural born citizen means you must be a citizen of the United States at and by birth. Your parents and their nationality are irrelevant.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/natural_born_citizen
This is often the general view. I (and others) consider this to be total bullshit.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1646&context=jcl
Why would we need "natural" in the wording? The Founders intended to mean someone who no statute made a US citizen, but who was naturally a citizen by birth.
Harris' parents were guests in this country when she was born. Not citizens. She might be American. But she is not Natural Born.
That may be your view, but it is not backed by any kind of precedent or caselaw. Your interpretation would also mean that at least nine of our past US presidents were ‘ineligible’ for having foreign-born, foreign citizen parents.
So these nine Presidents had not a single parent who was American when they were born? Please name them.
Also, most caselaw made in the last one hundred years I consider to be complete horseshit written by Commies.