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by dragonwriter 3379 days ago
> 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.)

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    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.