[patlin]

For Cruz, being born of one citizen parent, in wedlock, the law doesn't distinguish between the citizen parent being the mother or father, and the details of the non-citizen parent aren't relevant under that section of law.

Since Title 8 is not positive law, therefore, we must look to the statutes at large that Title 8 refers to, which specific statute at large contains that language prior to, or after, the adoption of the 14th Amendment?

[Cboldt]

66 Stat 414, Section 301(a)(7). That law uses terms such as "person" and "citizen parent," with no reference to the sex of the citizen parent or the child.