> It does not where he was born. His mother is a US Citizen, and that makes him a US citizen.
There is a dispute whether citizenship-by-maternityy is "natural born" under the Constitution (there's an argument that that "natural born" is equivalent to the birthright guarantee of the 14th Amendment, and no decisive case law.)
Would there be any dispute if my wife gave birth while we were on vacation in France?
I suspect that those who really hold to that definition are primarily concerned about the amount of melanin in his skin.
There is a dispute whether citizenship-by-maternityy is "natural born" under the Constitution (there's an argument that that "natural born" is equivalent to the birthright guarantee of the 14th Amendment, and no decisive case law.)