“As long as their fathers had resided in the US”
So all you have to do is to get non citizen daddy to “reside” in the United States and bingo your eligible? Come on that doesnt even pass the smell test.
Fundamental lack of understanding.
Cruz daddy was not a citizen at the time if his birth
Ahhh, so you seem to think that you know what the founders MEANT to say and favor that over what they actually did. Well when in comes to interpreting the founders, I’ll take what they actually passed into law as a very clear demonstration of their intent.