Born in PR; natural born citizen?

Factual Questions
1

Are Puerto Ricans natural born citizens of the US and eligible to be president? What about natives of Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands and other territories? According to Wiki, some of these are consider US nationals, but not citizens. What are the implications of that? I know that Puerto Ricans can freely move the US and vote immediately. What about US nationals?

2

The constitution does not define “natural born citizen” with respect to the qualifications to the presidency. However, one common interpretation is that it includes anyone who qualifies for citizenship from the moment of birth. This would include Puerto Ricans and individuals born to US citizen parents overseas (with some exceptions).

Natives of Guam and the US Virgin Islands, like Puerto Ricans, are US citizens from birth. They can vote for president if they move to the US, but not in their home territories. The only ones who are US nationals but not citizens are natives of American Samoa.

American Samoans can freely move to the US and work. However, they cannot vote even when in the US. They would presumably not be eligible to be elected president.

3

They’re all citizens except American Samoa (they’re “US nationals.”) The voting status is about residence, not citizenship. A Norwegian-American who moves to PR has the same voting rights as people who were born in PR.

I am unaware of any controversy over Tulsi Gabbard’s birth but she was born to US citizen mother. Whether a US national can run for President hasn’t come up so I don’t think it has a precedent.

4

Under the various iterations of the Nationality Act, after 1941 Puerto Rico has been US home soil for the purposes of applying “birthright” citizenship, indistinguishably from the states. However, a definition of the specific phrase “natural-born” is part of no law. So it would have to be taken to court the day it happens.

My money is that a court probably would say citizenship-by-birth in any us-ruled jurisdiction is good enough but the 14-year residence requirement means in one of the voting jurisdictions (states + DC)