You are not making sense. The law says that the INDIVIDUAL, Ted Cruz, is a citizen by virtue of his having been born of a US mom who had lived 10 years in the US and at least 5 years after turning 14 years old.
It says the COLLECTIVE (all the people of the Virgin Islands, for example, who meet the criteria) are ALL, as a GROUP, citizens of the US.
This is not rocket science, Ray.
Cruz was BORN an automatic citizen.
Have a great night.
Cruz is a member of the group of persons born “outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States....”
Cruz acquired citizenship via collective naturalization by 301(a)(7).
He was not “automatically” a citizen. Where do you get this notion?
§ 301(b) Any person who is a national and citizen of the United States at birth under paragraph (7) of subsection (a), shall lose his nationality and citizenship unless he shall come to the United States prior to attaining the age of twenty-three years and shall immediately following any such coming be continuously physically present in the United States for at least five years: Provided, That such physical presence follows the attainment of the age of fourteen years and precedes the age of twenty-eight years.
Automatic citizenship? Hardly. Actions are required.
A person who truly does have automatic citizenship, such as those born in the US with parental US citizenship, need not take any action to retain citizenship.
Naturalized persons’ citizenship is conditional.