Posted on 08/14/2013 11:33:42 AM PDT by Cold Case Posse Supporter
Mr. Cruz is not a born citizen, but he is a great naturalized citizen, way better then most born here.
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the acquisition of citizenship and nationality by somebody who was not a citizen of that country (foreign).
In general, basic requirements for naturalization are that the applicant hold a legal status as a full-time resident for a minimum period of time and that the applicant promise to obey and uphold that country’s laws, to which an oath or pledge of allegiance is sometimes added. Some countries also require that a naturalized national must renounce any other citizenship that they currently hold, forbidding dual citizenship, but whether this renunciation actually causes loss of the person’s original citizenship will again depend on the laws of the countries involved.
So when did Ted Cruz have his citizenship swearing in Hearing?
Waiting...
Birth abroad to one United States citizen
For persons born between December 24, 1952 and November 14, 1986, a person is a U.S. citizen if all of the following are true:[8]
Ted Cruz:
1.The person’s parents were married at the time of birth
CHECK
2.One of the person’s parents was a U.S. citizen when the person was born
Mother was, CHECK
3.The citizen parent lived at least ten years in the United States before the child’s birth;
Mother was, CHECK
4.A minimum of 5 of these 10 years in the United States were after the citizen parent’s 14th birthday.
Mother did, CHECK
Barak Obama/Steve Dunham/Barry Soetero:
1.The person’s parents were married at the time of birth
FALSE
2.One of the person’s parents was a U.S. citizen when the person was born
Mother was, CHECK
3.The citizen parent lived at least ten years in the United States before the child’s birth;
Mother was, CHECK
4.A minimum of 5 of these 10 years in the United States were after the citizen parent’s 14th birthday.
FALSE
Of course the wiki article chickens out with the following:
For persons born out of wedlock, the person is a U.S. citizen if all the following apply:
1.the mother was a U.S. citizen at the time of the person’s birth and
2.the mother was physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year prior to the person’s birth.[9] (See link for those born to a U.S. father out of wedlock)[8]
(I call this the Barry Exemption...)
Cruz is more a NBC than O’Barry....
Ted Cruz’s father Rafael didn’t naturalize to become a U.S. Citizen until 2005.
Sen Ted Cruz is a citizen because of his mother, as she was a citzen.
It took my foster father 20
I do not know what Mr. Cruz took so long, that does not diminish him as far as I am concerned.
However...
I'm not about to ignore what people have researched concerning unresolved issues with Obama's citizenship qualification to be president. And one expert on natural born citizenship, John Bingham, the main author of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment which deals with cititizenship, had clarified what a natural born citizen is in the congressional record.
“All from other lands, who by the terms of [congressional] laws and a compliance with their provisions become naturalized, are adopted citizens of the United States; all other persons born within the Republic, of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty, are natural born citizens (emphasis added). Gentleman can find no exception to this statement touching natural-born citizens except what is said in the Constitution relating to Indians.” (Cong. Globe, 37th, 2nd Sess., 1639 (1862)) (See bottom half of 1st column.)
“I find no fault with the introductory clause, which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen (emphasis added); but, sir, I may be allowed to say further, that I deny that the Congress of the United States ever had the power or color of power to say that any man born within the jurisdiction of the United States, and not owing a foreign allegiance, is not and shall not be a citizen of the United States.” John A. Bingham, (R-Ohio) US Congressman, Architect of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, March 9, 1866. Cong. Globe, 39th, 1st Sess., 1291 (1866), Sec. 1992 of U.S. Revised Statutes (1866), Cf. U.S. Const. XIVth Amend. (See top half of 2nd column)
What remains in question is how Cruz became an American citizen. Sure the mother is an American citizen, but what date, how long, etc... because the statutes changed IN REGARDS TO MOTHER’S CONFERRING CITIZENSHIP TO A CHILD BORN IN ANOTHER COUNTRY TO A NON-CITIZEN FATHER.
It’s the same questions with Zero. If Zero was born abroad, and if Stanley Ann Dunham is his mother, she could not have conferred citizenship to a foreign born son.
Section 301 (a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was the relevant citizenship law at the time of Zero’s birth....requirement was that the parent had to have been physically present in U.S. at least 19 years old to confer citizenship. She was born Nov 29, 1942 and was 18.
Has it even been determined if Cruz was a U.S. citizen at birth?
Cold Case Posse Supporter
Since Jan 28, 2013
They set up shop, shill like a banshee, whore out someone else, then leave.
Cruz’ mother is a US citizen therefore Cruz is a US citizen.
Not that simple, re-read the post.
One is either a NBC (with respect to the meaning of that term in Article II of the Constitution) or not. There are no shades of gray in between, just like you can't be "a little pregnant."
Ted Cruz is NOT a NBC, though he is a citizen at birth. (Natural born citizens are a subset of citizens at birth.) He fails the NBC test on two counts: (A) He was born in a foreign country and (B) one of his parents was not a citizen at the time of his birth. He is NOT constitutionally eligible for the presidency or vice presidency, though he is constitutionally eligible for his current position as a US senator.
As for Obama, there is no credible evidence whatsoever that he is even an American citizen.
Ain't no court is gonna make that ruling JS. I beg you to stop this with Cruz, it's embarrassing and counterproductive.
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