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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: Provided, That the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States

You quoted the 1790 law. Disregarding that it was repealed, please examine your contention.

And the children of citizens....

Citizens, not a citizen, singular, but citizens, plural. Both parents, with an exception for a father who has never been resident. The inference is that the father must be first a citizen to meet the citizens - plural - requirement and then must have actually lived in the US.

[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...

[Bidimus1]

Please feel free to sight in the following laws we are natural born citizens defined, you will have a very hard time with this because the only time the founders ever wrote in law the meaning of natural born citizen is the law of 1790 this of course would by definition provide the only guidance to the original intent of the founders as to the meaning of the term