As far as the origins of his birth, the circumstance were different. If Obama had been born outside the US, because his mother would have failed to meet certain criteria (having to do with age and residency) and his father was a non-citizen, he would not be entitled to birthright citizenship. Cruz's mother, however, did meet all of the legal requirements, so despite not being born in the US and to a non-citizen (at the time) father, he still qualified for birthright citizenship.
All true of course. Won’t argue with any of it.
However, that won’t stop Cruz’s opponents-—especially BHO supporters-—from making hay out of it. It will be their way of getting back for our questioning BHO’s citizenship status.
And then....all of those clamoring for lax immigration enforcement will also pile in. Can see it now.