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In reply to the discussion: New York Judge To Decide If Senator Ted Cruz Is American [View all]markj757
(194 posts)Rubio was born in the US so he is automatically a natural born citizen. But Cruz problem is different, because he was born in Canada, and one parent was American. The legal argument is not whether he is an American citizen, that is basically settled. The argument is whether he is a natural born citizen. There are very reasonable arguments to be made, although he was a naturalized citizen at birth, that still does not make him a natural born citizen like Rubio. And this isn't about crazy birther conspiracies, there are serious Constitutional questions in which the Supreme Court will eventually play a role. His situation is very different than John McCain who was born in Panama. No one doubts John McCain was a natural born citizen because he was born on a military installation (considered US soil) into a military family.