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To: David
If only his mother was a US Citizen and she does not pass citizenship to Cruz, how does he get to be a Citizen at all absent a nationalization proceeding?

Apparently she did, per U.S. code. If this weren't the case, Cruz would be an illegal immigrant as he never naturalized --a detail I'm sure his political opponents would have seized upon by now.

Is he a natural born citizen? I don't know. This would be for the courts to answer (or they can continue to evade the issue). I do believe that if Ted Cruz decided to run for President, he'd face no serious legal challenge in regards to his eligibility.

37 posted on 02/17/2013 11:00:32 AM PST by Drew68
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To: Drew68; LucyT; null and void; Brown Deer
Apparently she did, per U.S. code. If this weren't the case, Cruz would be an illegal immigrant as he never naturalized --a detail I'm sure his political opponents would have seized upon by now.

Is he a natural born citizen? I don't know. This would be for the courts to answer (or they can continue to evade the issue). I do believe that if Ted Cruz decided to run for President, he'd face no serious legal challenge in regards to his eligibility.

You are welcome to believe whatever you like. #30 is a fair summary of the existing state of the law. You can bet that if Cruz becomes a candidate, a much more effective attack will be made on his credentials than we have seen in connection with the current occupant of the White House.

Although I agree, it would be really surprising if the citizen issue had not been addressed by his political opponents because he has a fair number of them.

I like Cruz better than any of the alternatives and if this entire story is true, I view it as a disaster.

Cruz is a competent successful person who has a long established record of performance and production at whatever he has undertaken. He is the epitome of the kind of Conservative candidate who would get widespread support.

In order to resolve the citizen at birth question, you need to know the birth date; place and circumstances of birth; mother's age at the date of birth; mother's period of residence in the US; date the mother first became a resident of the US; father's citizenship.

49 posted on 02/17/2013 11:49:57 AM PST by David
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