[Balding_Eagle]

But Cruz would have you believe that if that "application ... oath" process isn't undertaken, then the non-citizen hasn't been converted to a citizen.

Do you mean Trump, instead of Cruz?

[Cboldt]

No, I think I got that right. Cruz’s handwaving if that if you aren’t naturalized (the process) you are natural born. IOW, you never were a non-citizen, the constitution allows Congress to define NBC, there are many ways to phrase the sleight-of-hand.