When Madison rewrote the Act in 1795, he took that out.So, Congress does have the right and responsibility to define the term. And, in this case, it's possible that a child born between 1790 and 1795 would have been a NBC, while his younger sibling, born under identical circumstances but after 1795, would not.
the end it was bad job by Madison. He should have defined the term.Agreed. But that doesn't allow us to just ignore the relevant laws. There have been dozens of "immigration laws", several of which have included definitions of "Natural Born Citizen". Under the law at the time of his birth, Ted Cruz clearly qualified as an NBC.
The only arguments I've heard disputing this are based on the silly notions that Congress has no right to write immigration laws, that English common law takes priority over U.S. law, and because they just don't want it to be true.
Both parents must be citizens of s state to pass citizenship in the 1790. Naturalization Act.