[usurper]

Lets assume he was. His mother is an American citizen; there isn't any dispute there. And, in the minds of those who believe he was born in Kenya, that means he's not eligible to be President.

As an immigration agent of 25 years and law instructor I will explain:

At the time of his birth there were US residency requirements for mothers to bequest or pass on citizenship on their offspring born abroad.

If Obama was in fact born in another country his mom had not resided in the US long enough to bestow citizenship on him at the time of birth.

Ted Cruz's mother had the requisite time to bestow full citizenship on him at the time of birth.

[trisham]

Interesting. Thank you.

[philman_36]

As an immigration agent of 25 years and law instructor...

So in your opinion is Cruz a natural born citizen or a statutory citizen?

[petercooper]

But Obama was born in, ahem, Hawaii.

[bigdaddy45]

8 U.S. Code § 1401 implies otherwise:

(d) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year prior to the birth of such person, and the other of whom is a national, but not a citizen of the United States;

I don’t know when it was passed into law, but I see no grandfather clause.

[tumblindice]

So there it is. Thank you, usurper for your skillful use of Ockham’s razor! We can all move along now.
As we suspected, Ted Cruz is a real deal “natural born citizen” while Barry Soetero remains a fraud, phoney and poser.
There is no logical inconsistency, nothing more to see here and no need to reinvent the wheel. You con law expert/concern trolls can go get bent now.

[Shimmer1]

That’s good, but it’s only been explained OVER AND OVER on this thread!