Posted on 05/03/2016 5:16:13 AM PDT by iontheball
In the midst of questions arising as to why presidential candidate Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas, has produced no documentation to support his claim that he was born a U.S. citizen in Canada in December 1970, author, former congressional candidate and former Hawaii resident Miki Booth provided a copy of her birth certificate, prepared by the American consulate in Sapporo, Japan, indicating that she was a U.S. citizen born abroad.
The certificate was sent to The Post & Email by surface mail and returned in the same manner.
Booth was born on December 18, 1949 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan while her father, Thomas William Snyder, Jr., was stationed there in the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Do you believe that any person who signed the US Constitution or who served on the Supreme Court prior to 1954 would regard someone born to an alien father in a foreign land as a “natural born citizen”?
The very idea of it is absurd.
“He’s not going to win, so the point is conceded, and moot.”
Ah, but that is this time. What about the next time? Let’s demand this “natural born” matter be decided legally and forever before there is a next time.
Not as absurd as you think. Read the Naturalization Act of 1790:
It provided for citizenship for the children of U.S. citizens born abroad, but specified that the right of citizenship did “not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States.” It specifies that such children “shall be considered as natural born citizens,” the only US statute ever to use the term.
And that was the very founders of this nation. In fact, it was signed into law by none other than George Washington.
The Cruz family origins are very sketchy. The Wiki story line does not much his official records. Here are their known records, lots of red flags! Enough to line the streets for a Communist May Day Parade!
https://www.facebook.com/notes/anna-tomerlin/rafael-edward-ted-cruz-family-timeline/998233746879858
Both Rafaels raise questions that are not easily answered.
A. Who paved Cruz’s way into Princeton & Harvard? Who paid? Without connections it’s very hard to gain acceptance. He did not come from an Ivy prep school. Hispanic foreign Canadian status? Not worth much for a scholarship. He hasn’t whined about paying off student loans. Someone had to help Cruz land SCOTUS clerkships. Has there been an invisible hand behind Ted due to his father’s past?... Poppy?
B. Rafael B. Cruz is an interesting character. Cubans, especially those his age, express bitter deep hatred and anger towards Fidel Castro. They have family and friends that Fidel imprisoned, tortured or murdered. Repression and communism destroyed their lives. Castro seized all their assets - homes, property, businesses, banks, cars, and personal wealth. They lost their freedom to speak freely, object, assemble, travel, etc... they lost everything and they will curse Castro as long forever. Fidel = Satan.
The Cubans lucky enough to escape Castro, never ever went back during those years. Rafael went back. Certainly Cruz would have been receiving very negative news back from Cuba from his family and friends. Yet he claims that he returned in 1959.
1) Cruz’s passage to America is sketchy. Hola! It only makes sense that he was a planted pro-Castro guy. He was sent specifically to Texas to live among other 5 Cuban communist exile students. (250,000 of his countrymen-exiles went to Florida.) But, If Cruz had been protesting pro-Castro in Miami, his life would have been over. Para-military groups were training in the Florida Everglades with plans to overthrow Castro and liberate Cuba. Omega 66 and other factions would have eliminated Cruz rather quickly. I guess that’s why they sent the commies to Houston / Austin.
2) Aliases. Cruz’s explanation for dropping his family name tied to his Spanish heritage is rather uncommon.
3) How does a foreign teenage kid get immediate acceptance to a Texas University with no English? Hola! Who pays tuition, room & board? How did he get from Key West to Texas twice? Someone made lots of arrangements for 17YO Cruz.
4) Cruz spoke no English when he arrived, he stayed one month, went back to Cuba (documented), missed the first month of school and then began his first semester as an alien non-English speaking kid? How did he immediately begin University level courses and graduate in four years with a Math & Chem. Eng. degree?
5) What happened to Cruz’s family in Cuba- parents, siblings, cousins? Hola! Did any eventually emigrate?
6) The Cuban community sticks together like glue. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans fled to Florida - Miami, Orlando, Tampa. A Cuban teenager alone in Texas is quite the anomaly. One article mentions that there were five Cubans at UT, they must have been planted together, right there as comrades, for a reason. The survival of five commie kids is the only answer. And he is writing articles to the local paper about the need for the US to PUNISH Cuban refugees and deny them rights?? Hola!
7) Canada. There was lots of oil exploration centered right underneath Cruz’s feet, in Texas. Cruz left Texas for some other reason. (Draft evasion + bigamy +/or evading unpleasantries related to whatever he was ACTUALLY doing. )
8) Did Rafael resume his seismic-computer career in Texas after he sold his company in Canada. Why didn’t he apply his Math degree and Chemical engineering degree in Texas as referred to in the news article? There’s a very nice article at the link about his graduate studies in those fields.
9) After reviewing all these records, one must question authenticity and character in regards to citizenship and status. Cruz maintained Cuban citizenship for nearly 15 years after leaving his Castro and did not obtain US citizenship until Ted entered politics in 2005. Hola! Why did it take him nearly 50 years after emigrating? Cruz was a Cuban 30+ years...Canadian 35+ years.....American......10 years. He was a bigamist for 30 years and divorced both wives the same year 1996. (Garza ‘59-’96 and Ted’s Mum ‘67-’96)
This ole dog don’t hunt..... flimflamflimflamflimflamflimflam
https://www.facebook.com/notes/anna-tomerlin/rafael-edward-ted-cruz-family-timeline/998233746879858
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3424250/posts
While there are definitely similarities, there are also differences rendering this case to not be a precedent for Ted Cruz's situation. For the question now becomes did his mother exercise her rights as a citizen before Ted attained majority? Did Ted's mother ever renounce her citizenship in either England or Canada? Until these questions can be determined Ted Cruz's citizenship remains in question. Also the fact that Ted Cruz held a Canadian citizenship up until 2014 would still require proof that somewhere along the line she was in fact eligible to confer her citizenship to Ted.
Bottom line, all of these questions guarantee he is not a natural born citizen, and questions remain as to whether he is in fact even an American citizen.
Way too many similarities and like I said murkiness.
Do you have proof of that?
All I've seen in support of that statement is her American COLB.
A Certificate of Live Birth in the US is nice, but so what?
Did she or did she not become a Canadian citizen?
Ted Cruz supposedly has locked down those records, so how would you know one way or the other?
You made the statement. Back it up. Prove it. Who are these people???
I appreciate that correction.
And I also agree that the facts don't fit the Cruz situation, seeing as how neither of Boyd's parents was a US citizen when Boyd was born.
Ted's mother was born a US citizen, so one question is whether or not she still had that status when Ted was born.
As to his NBC status, I see Rogers v. Bellei as controlling. Cruz is naturalized, at best, and if his mother was not a US citizen when Ted was born, he is an alien.
137. Referring to “the inadvertent use of the term natural-born in the Act of 1790,” one author averred that “it was Mr. Madison who had participated in the drafting of the Constitution who had discovered the error and authorized the bill to correct it by deleting the term from the act of 1795.” 113 CONG. REC. 15,879 (1967) (quoting Hon. Pinkney G. McElwee). See Duggin & Collins, supra note 135, at 7879.
The really sad thing is that Levin claims to be a Constitutional expert yet he gives none of these inconsistences even the slightest bit of consideration. In fact he chastises anyone that might even mention it to him on his show and treats them as if they are stupid. Very confusing and frustrating to say the least.
Beck on the other hand claims to be a strong supporter of the Constitution, and he too refuses to even examine the issue.
Their support of Ted Cruz coupled with their blatant ignorance of the issue seems to have clouded the minds of many conservatives as well.
1) We have evidence that she was a US Citizen
2) We know that the residency laws of Canada required 5 years of residence prior to being accepted as a Canadian citizen
3) No evidence has been supplied that she became a Canadian Citizen.
4) No evidence has been supplied that she ever renounced her US citizenship as required by USC Title 8 section 1481.
The logical fallicy that you are engaging is called “tu quoque”. YOU made the statement that she was a Canadian citizen so it is up to YOU to support your claim.
All of your questions are irrelevant to the question is Sen Cruz a US Citizen at birth. Please read USC Title 8 1401.
What if Frank Marshall Davis is in fact his father?
In researching the Canadian election process, there’s historical descriptions of the voting process throughout the years. They explain exactly how the Cruz’s were added to the voting rolls as Canadian citizens. And only as canadian citizens.
During the fifties and the sixties Canadians began challenging the authorities with charges of disenfranchisement. Canada quit operating in darkness and made it a goal for all ethnicities, races, religions, parties, and those over 18 to be registered to vote.
In urban areas, a pair of Election Officials- Enumerators, canvassed door-to-door over an entire precinct. “Knock-knock”
1. Is this your primary address?
2. Are you a Canadian citizen?
3. Are you over 18 years old?
4. What is your occupation?
5. Do any others reside here ?
The information was transcribed and reviewed by the Supervisor of Elections. All those that were certified were placed on the voting list. The list was then posted throughout the precinct in designated public places. It was your civic duty to check these lists. If you had been left off the list in error, you were to contact and petition the supervisor of the election board with proof of address and ID.
This was an official job of the enumerator and intentionally omitting or adding people would have resulted in termination, at the very least. This system of canvassing for voters was in place throughout the 1990’s.
Until 1984, the posted list notification system was used for voter verification. If you didn’t bother to check the list the 30 days prior to the election and notice your name missing, and correct this, you would not be allowed to vote. Due to privacy concerns, they switched back to a post-card notification system for the voters.
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The Cruz campaign denies Eleanor citizenship by virtue of her not being in Canada long enough. No one really knows how long either parent was there. Note that Rafael could have obtained Canadian citizenship using his Cuban refugee status. Eleanor may have left Britain with a British passport or residency status since she lived there for 6-8 years. That residency or citizenship would also shortens the Canadian timeline down to only one year.
The evasion by the Cruz’s is the answer to the question.
Ted is not an idiot and he would have always known he was born in Canada. He would have considered any perks. He would have known that it was a haven for draft-dodgers of the Vietnam War. He would have known it was an alternative to his American citizenship when he obtained his Drivers. License and Passport. Note that he did not clear the issue up quickly when the Dallas News reported his Canadian status. It took him 15 months.
If Cruz’s ultimate goal was to be the President of North America, his status would be ideal.
Yes “murky” seems to be the modern prerequisite for potus.
He was born a Canadian citizen and would have remained one had his father not abandoned his mother.
Yes he would have been ideal. The fact that he won't release his paperwork tells me that he knows that notification of his birth abroad does not exist.
You ain't been paying attention - FR does not support Cruz - some folks on FR support Cruz.
There have been indications that under 1/3 of the folks here are on Cruz's bandwagon.
When I first came, it was more heavily Cruz. Last week, a bunch of them have gotten the boot.
Canadian citizenship laws are IRRELEVANT for determining US Citizenship at birth. The relevant US laws can be found in USC Title 8 Section 1401. Sen. Cruz was a US Citizen at birth and has never needed naturalization.
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