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Sorry but all these posts reveal you are NOT a lawyer.

Current law prevails.

For example, 13th Amendment was passed last day of January, 1965. Did it only free those slaves born after that date?

The whole AT thing is ridiculous. Of course the child is not a NBC unless parent meets all requirements. No law applies unless all requirements are met.... and there is no claim Mrs. Cruz (mother) did not meet all requirements of law.

The other law you quote is long superseded by 1401.

The problem with your posts is some foolish person, also unschooled in the law, might believe them.

No further replies to your posts on this without a $4500 retainer to further educate you on the law. Make the check payable to JimRob!

So the citizenship of a child born today in 2016 is determined by a law written 40 years later, in 2056? Your assertion is ridiculous.

The law in effect at the time of birth determines whether someone born outside the United States to a U.S. citizen parent or parents is a U.S. citizen at birth. https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/Print/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartH.html#S-B

To illustrate the error of applying the current U.S. Code to a person born in 1970, please observe the following.

Current U.S. Code:

8 U.S.C. § 1401(g) (2012)
a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years

The law applicable in 1970:

Immigration and Nationality Act, Pub. L. No. 82-414 § 301(a)(7), 66 Stat. 163, 236 (1952); 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a)(7) (1970)
a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than ten years, at least five of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years

The period of U.S. physical presence required of the citizen parent was not reduced until 1986. (Pub. L. No. 99-653 § 12, 100 Stat. 3657)