§ 301 is within Title III, Chapter 1, Nationality at Birth and by Collective Naturalization
§ 301(a)
(1) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof;
(2) a person born in the United States to a member of an Indian... tribe
(3)(4)(7) born outside the US and outlying possession
(5) born in outlying possession
(6) foundling
301(a)(1) is a restatement of Amend XIV § 1 "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof...".
301(a)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) collectively naturalize other persons
Cruz is in the class of persons collectively naturalized by 301(a)(7)
Sorry, Ray, but Cruz is one is a national at birth. The collective naturalizations dealt with COLLECTIONS, that is entire groups of people born in US lands other than the states of the union.
He was BORN a US citizen.
That just the way it is.