[freepersup]

But did he have to renounce his Canadian citizenship BECAUSE he was a Canadian citizen, before becoming an American citizen? Canadian law says YES. It’s not a difficult question, and the answer is not that hard to come up with. Focus on the subject at hand.

[gusty]

Nobody who is born a US citizen in Canada has to renounce their status as a Canadian citizen in order to validate their US citizenship. If you are a US citizen, all other status’ are irrelevant. We fought a War over this issue, a lot of that war on Canadian soil. One of the issues that triggered hostilities in 1812 was impressment of naturalized US citizens into the Royal Navy. The UK does not accept renouncement of citizenship, once a subject of the monarch, always a subject of the monarch. Thus UK born US citizens were dragged off of US ships on the high seas and forced into the Royal Navy. The US considered this practice an outrage against the sovereignty of the US. Enough for Madison to ask Congress to declare war against the UK, which they did. Thus in the spirit of Madison, who is credited as the principle author of the Constitution, Cruz did not have to do anything to bolster his citizenship from birth. I think I will stick with Madison on the subject, and not half wit birthers.