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In reply to the discussion: Ted Cruz is not a legal US citizen [View all]Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)157. Cruz's father was never a Canadian citizen.
In the course of this story about Cruz's plan to renounce his Canadian citizenship, the Dallas Morning News reported:
His father, born in Cuba, remained a Cuban citizen until he was naturalized as an American in 2005. When Cruz was born, his parents were living in Canada, where they had opened a seismic-data business in the oil patch. Cruz lived in Canada until he was 4 years old, and spent the rest of his childhood in Texas.
As others have said, Cruz's birth in Alberta was sufficient to confer Canadian citizenship on him, as well as his U.S. citizenship. (I think that Canada, like the U.S., makes an exception for children of diplomats, with the result that not everybody born in the country is a citizen -- just virtually everybody.)
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Do you think that all of the children fathered by our GI's all over the world are US citizens?
Little Milly
Aug 2013
#93
Cruz, regardless of how Canada defines him, is a US citizen... Kindly do some reading...
hlthe2b
Aug 2013
#96
Cruz' birth was registered with the US consulate and he received US passport in '86 as teen
hlthe2b
Aug 2013
#112
His registration /w US consulate would be readily available for checking..I do not believe that you
hlthe2b
Aug 2013
#152
Thank you. It's like arguing with a mentally ill person. I, and you, and others have posted
Nay
Aug 2013
#166
^^More nonsense from someone who has been repeatedly discounted by numerous DUers facts
hlthe2b
Aug 2013
#170
You are mistaking the hoops to obtain documentation and passports with the legal status, which you
hlthe2b
Aug 2013
#113
Perhaps the military had different instructions, but generally all your Mom should have had to do
hlthe2b
Aug 2013
#118
I and countless others here have provided the citations and links. YOU HAVE NO CREDIBILITY
hlthe2b
Aug 2013
#168
Legal status versus the steps rquired to document that status are two different things...
hlthe2b
Aug 2013
#127
My birth certificate states my mother is Austrian and my father was American
hobbit709
Aug 2013
#144
because for some reason, people who are wrong, are much bolder than people who are correct
CreekDog
Aug 2013
#132
Section 301(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act refutes the entire argument. He's a citizen.
Xithras
Aug 2013
#106
Cruz Was Born 12/22/70 - What Were The Requirements Then & What Forms Needed To Be Completed?....
global1
Aug 2013
#25
According to LegalZoom this oath ceremony only applies to Americans born abroad who also permanently
Daniel537
Aug 2013
#72
Why are you posting ignorance, like you did with Mt. Rainier national park before?
CreekDog
Aug 2013
#161
Cleata, I was born in the USA of Canadian parents (1940s) then we moved back to Canada when I was 7.
nenagh
Aug 2013
#66
I am glad you answered the OP, because what a person assumes, may not be correct.
nenagh
Aug 2013
#79
Cleita, Cruz' birth was registered with the US consulate and he received US passport in '86 as teen
hlthe2b
Aug 2013
#107
The OP is nonsense but this is one section of the Constitution which should be amended.
former9thward
Aug 2013
#37
is that why they are calling this poster who had two simultaneous accounts on DU a troll?
CreekDog
Aug 2013
#140
Well, an unsound and unproven premise predicated on alleged facts, and alleged intelligence.
LanternWaste
Aug 2013
#74
I personally have called you out about your false assertion that a dual citizen must
Nay
Aug 2013
#83
You've been on DU for 9 years, 40 posts, and posted as much today as in the past 9 years
CreekDog
Aug 2013
#133
All this calling longstanding, good DUers "trolls" tells me a great deal about YOU, noob.
kestrel91316
Aug 2013
#120
signed up in 2004, 50 posts later, is doing this --also, had multiple accounts on DU
CreekDog
Aug 2013
#171
Your first paragraph is false. I am a dual Canadian/American citizen. I became a naturalized
Nay
Aug 2013
#73
Why indeed. I and several other posters have jerked this guy up by his shorts with the
Nay
Aug 2013
#139
Obama and Cruz aren't similarly situated. Obama was born in the USA, physically.
Zen Democrat
Aug 2013
#108
After eight years of birfers harassing Obama, I'm game for some payback.
backscatter712
Aug 2013
#122
Each country established its own criteria for whether you are a citizen or not.
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#128
wow. you certainly are quite the fabulist and you've spun quite the bullshit tale
cali
Aug 2013
#145
Man oh man I'm glad someone finally straightened this out. Thanks! Was scared there for a minute.
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2013
#158