The Constitution, to be amended, has to go through the amending process, not just by a law passed by Congress. Under the “natural born” stipulation in the Constitution, natural born citizen ship descended from the father (Naturalization Act of 1790) — original intent. The fact that Cruz’s father may have been a Canadian citizen when he was born causes problems.
Your logic would have one law on naturalization (Naturalization Act of 1790) legal and subsequent ones not.
The Naturalization Act of 1790 was superseded by the Naturalization Act of 1798 - did intent change here? - which was repealed by the Naturalization Act of 1802 - did intent change here?
The constitution does not define natural-born, it does empower Congress to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.”
It has always been that there are two ways to citizenship, natural-born or naturalized.
Your argument is also covered in the article.
thanks for your reply.