Just thinking out loud.
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But she was born in the U.S. making her an anchor baby/U.S. citizen by birth. Citizenship of her parents is irrelevant sadly. She definitely is not African-American as they like to claim when it suits their purpose.
"Natural born citizen". That's the requirement. At least ONE of your parents have to be a citizen to be considered "Natural born"
The requirement can be found in Art II Sec 1 clause 5 US Constitution.
This Constitutional law expert disagrees with you and explains the 14th amendment around the 7-minute mark, but I recommend watching the whole video for full context.
In fact, the video shows by articles within the 14th amendment that only citizenship of the Father counts towards their child's citizenship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=h9PxdDvgQks