oldold, no one is saying the laws outlined in the CIS manual you posted aren't valid or that he's not a U.S. citizen. knox was saying that the 14th Amendment isn't what generates that citizenship, and I am saying the same. I don't think we're arguing in the sense that you think. Please don't interpret my posts as some equivalent to: "This guy ain't one of us. Lynch him!" I'm not saying that; neither was knox. Yet you keep insisting he's a citizen due to the 'child of citizen' laws. Who's saying he's not?
Once again:
Birthright citizenship goes all the back before the Constitution, and many individuals' citizenship - both prior to and since the 13th and 14th Amendments - is a result of this.
However, the aforementioned doctrine wasn't applied to the offspring of persons brought to the United States during the trans-Atlantic slave trade who themselves were slaves upon birth.
The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery in the entire country, but more law was required for people technically 'free' to actually have the rights others already did (ie, the very next Amendment).
The 14th Amendment applied citizenship to a group not previously given such - namely, the group mentioned above who had been enslaved prior to ratification of the 13th despite the fact that they were born within U.S. boundaries.
Specifically, the passage from the 14th you quoted confirms that birthright citizenship does indeed apply to those born as slaves within the boundaries of the United States: they were native-born citizens with all that applies.
Fisher is not included in this group: his citizenship is a result of law other than the 14th Amendment.
All that having been said, I am impressed with the weekend's results! I'm not betting my bottom dollar on Rupp's outdoor10k record going, but there may be someone who can give it a shot now.