That law that Ted Cruz was naturalized under only looks at the residency of the citizen parent. His fathers status is totally irrelevant for US citizenship. Relevant only for Ted’s Cuban citizenship at birth.
Cuban citizens aren’t sovereigns like us citizens are- us sovereignty I believe trumps foreign sovereignty in cases like this I believe- I was responding to the person who made the point Cruz’s father wasn’t a citizen- it doesn’t matter if he wasn’t a citizen- Ted’s mother was- and by sovereign descent, that is all that matters- according to current rulings