8 USC 1401 “The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth: a person 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 who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years...”
You forgot to post the title of that part of US code containing section 1401!
I'll post if for you -
8 USC CHAPTER 12, SUBCHAPTER III, Part I: Nationality at Birth and Collective Naturalization
The courts have ruled that Citizenship is aquired either by birth, or naturalization. You are either a naturalized US citizen, or a natural born Citizen. You CAN NOT be naturalized, and still be a "natural born" US citizen. The title of the part of US code containing the section that you yourself declared Ted Cruz a Citizen, clearly states that he is a
NATURALIZED US citizen.
Please reference post 87 of this thread
“Nationality at Birth” is the relevant part of Title 8, Section 1401 that pertains to Senator Cruz’s eligibility.
He qualifies as a Citizen of the United States At Birth under point “g” of Section 1401.
“Collective naturalization” refers to a whole group of people being granted citizenship at the same time via acquisition of territory or treaty. For example, the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848 granted the option of Mexican or U.S. citizenship at the close of the Mexican-American War when the U.S. acquired California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. The residents of those areas became “collectively naturalized.”
From the Law Dictionary: “Collective naturalization takes place where a government, by treaty or cession, acquires the whole or part of the territory of a foreign nation and takes to itself the inhabitants thereof, clothing them with the rights of citizenship either by the terms of the treaty or by subsequent legislation.” (Black’s Law Dictionary)