Adopted Quote by John Bingham

Therefore every person born within the United States, its territories or districts, whether the parents are citizens or aliens, is a natural born citizen…

— William Rawle

Natural-born American means you don't have to be naturalized. You were born to an American mother, like President Obama, no matter where you were…

— Chris Matthews

Every human being born within the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is in the language of your Constitution…

— John Bingham

“Though Article II requires “natural born” citizenship, the Constitution does not explain what the phrase means. There was no constitutional definition of American citizenship…

— Garrett Epps

The Naturalization Act of 1790, three years after the Constitution, said the children of citizens shall be considered natural born citizens. That's in 1790.…

— Donald Trump

There's nothing in the 14th Amendment that says if you are born to a mother who is a citizen that you're automatically a citizen.…

— Rush Limbaugh

Birthright citizenship in America is part of something larger: The American longing to sever from history, to be a place of new beginnings.

— Anand Giridharadas

The 14th Amendment, 2nd Amendment, there's nothing in the Constitution that says that if you are born to an illegal immigrant in America, that…

— Rush Limbaugh

I was born in the U.S., my wife was born in Mexico and emigrated here when she was in college, and my daughters were…

— Jeffrey Kluger

It's not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent to jurisdiction…

— Phyllis Schlafly

That provision in the constitution which requires that the president shall be a native-born citizen (unless he were a citizen of the United States…

— St. George Tucker

Even the Supreme Court, back when it used to makes sense, the Supreme Court has never ruled that a baby born to illegal aliens…

— Rush Limbaugh