If an act of Congress makes you a citizen you are not a natural born citizen. You are by definition a naturalized citizen. Prior to the 1930s wifes/mothers could not confer citizenship to their children. Citizenship came from the father/husband.
[conservative 98 #15] The Nationality Act of 1940 outlines which citizens became nationals and citizens at birth.
The INA of 1940 was repealed in 1952, 18 years before Ted Cruz was born December 22, 1970. It does not apply to Ted Cruz.
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1940, 54 Stat 1137, PL 853, Oct. 14, 1940.
See Immigration and Nationality Act of June 27, 1952, H.R. 5678, Public Law 414, 66 Statutes at Large 163, at 66 Stat. 279-280:
Sec. 403. (a) The following acts and all amendments thereto and parts of Act and all amendments thereto are repealed:[...]
(42) Act of October 14, 1940 54 Stat. 1137);
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[jpsb #128] If an act of Congress makes you a citizen you are not a natural born citizen. You are by definition a naturalized citizen.
The Constitution only addresses the citizenship of those born within the territory of the United States. For all those born outside the territory of the United States, their citizenship at birth is determined pursuant to Federal law. The current, applicable Federal law is Immigration and Nationality Act of June 27, 1952, H.R. 5678, Public Law 414, 66 Statutes at Large 163, as amended.
One who is a citzen at birth is, by definition, a natural born citizen. There are only two classes of citizen, natural born citizens, and naturalized citizens. Naturalized citizens were alien born, and only aliens are eligible for naturalization. There is no such thing as naturalization at birth.
Black's Law Dictionary, 11th Ed.
naturalize (16c) To grant the rights, privileges, and duties of citizenship to (one previously a non-citizen); to make (a non-citizen) a citizen under statutory authority.—
Naturalization only takes place after birth, and only involves alien born persons.
Persons who acquire citizenship at birth pursuant to Federal law are natural born citizens, not naturalized aliens. Federal law which defines the requirements to be a citizen at birth does not involve naturalization.