John Bingham, framer of the 14th Amendment's first section, stated that Sec. 1992 of the Revised Statutes meant "every human being born within the jurisdiction of the US of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of the Constitution itself, a natural born citizen."
John Bingham, framer of the 14th Amendment's first section, stated that Sec. 1992 of the Revised Statutes meant "every human being born within the jurisdiction of the US of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of the Constitution itself, a natural born citizen."