[Cincinatus' Wife]

..Citizens, not a citizen, singular, but citizens, plural. Both parents, with an exception for a father who has never been resident.

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"But look closer at the bolder portion. It never says that the father has to be a citizen of the United States at the time the child is born. All it says is that citizenship "shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States." It is indisputable that Rafael Cruz was in the United States for a period of time prior to both Ted’s birth and his marriage to native born American citizen Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh Wilson in 1969. He fled Cuba in 1957 at the age of 18, arriving in Texas. There, he attended the University of Texas, graduating with a degree in mathematics in 1961. He even married his first wife there, Julia Ann Garza, in 1959. They later divorced, but not before he had two daughters with her. He was also granted political asylum in 1961 upon his graduation from UT.

In other words, Ted Cruz's birth meets everything required in this 1790 act. His mother, Eleanor Wilson, was a citizen by birth in the United States, fulfilling the requirement of a child being born to at least one citizen, and his father had lived in the United States for years and been granted political asylum here prior to his move to Canada."

There are more citations at the Link if you "really" see this as an issue...

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I don't see it as an issue, it is clear as day that the requirement is the parents be citizens - parents, plural. It is you who is constructing a case based on the complete misinterpretation or disregard of the requirements. If you can't see that the law requires both parents - plural - to be citizens - and subordinate - the father must have also lived in the states then nothing anyone can say will convince you of that.

Your own quotes from the law show you wrong and you twist them to suit your purposes.