The faulty understanding is yours;
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Fuethermore, my
correct understanding absolutely does not yield
your faulty
conclusion. A pregnant Canuck sneaks across our northern border and has her baby in the USA. Assuming that baby isn’t automatically granted US citizenship, because your faulty understanding turns out to not be the law, the child would still be the child of a Canadian citizen so would still have (and properly so) Canadian citizenship.