[cynwoody]

So, why didn’t this newspaper quote the 1790 law that made things so crystal clear?

Because they were lazy?

Because they assumed, that because it is 2016, Google exists (relieving Will88 and who knows who else of a trip to the Public Library)?

From the Act:

And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens

An interesting fact is that the 1790 Naturalization Act is the only piece of US legislation (other than the Constitution) to use the term "natural born citizen".

[WhiskeyX]

“And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens”

The quotation demonstrates the children are naturalized citizens who are not natural born citizens.

[Political Junkie Too]

You left out "Provide that the father previously resided in the United States." Cruz' father did previously reside in the United States, but he was a Cuban citizen at the time.

-PJ