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.
Except that your view does not stem from the constitution. By all means, please prove me wrong: just show me in the constitution where it says anything even remotely like your claims about one or two parents having been born in the US, or be themselves citizens, to be a citizen. In fact the actual constitution, in the 14th amendment, says something quite different.
No court or authority has ever even tried to interpret natural born as you are choosing to do.
There is no need to interpret anything, or change our modern language in any regard, you simply need to look at the 14th amendment, which shows clearly that Harris is a citizen. The standard interpretation of natural born citizen for the past 200 years, has been born in the United States. Parentage has always been, and will always remain, irrelevant.
That is the way things are.you may wish for things to be different of course, which is fine, but your wishes do not affect the way things are.
I will take your comments under advisement and do further reading. I agree that the Constitution should be clearer on this, and that the subsequent "Naturalization Laws" can become a bit of a slapfest. I still think though that "Natural Born Citizen" is intended to be either a child born to an American Father on US soil, or an American couple anywhere in the world, and under no circumstances should a "Natural Born Citizen" be the child of non-Americans, regardless of place of birth.
Your interpretation of the 14th Amendment is how we got here. If we do not apply it to Freed Slaves, we apply it to everyone, and everyone is a citizen or pretty quickly can be. If there were no Welfare State I might actually agree with that idea. But there is so we can't. Or more importantly "must not". This "Anchor Baby" idea must end.
I never said Harris was not a citizen. I said in my view I don't think she should be. My focus was and is on "Natural Born".
Hmm. "Your interpretation:" in #2 is unintendedly argumentative.
Please read instead "This interpretation". I do not mean to state that you-only-you have this view (if indeed you do [and it seems you do]). I do realize that a lot of people have this view and that it is at this point the "accepted view" (precedent/stare decisis, etc.). I do not agree with it, but that does not mean I am blaming you for it. :)