Posted on 08/19/2013 6:17:17 PM PDT by kristinn
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced Monday evening that he will renounce his Canadian citizenship, less than 24 hours after a newspaper pointed out that the Canadian-born senator likely maintains dual citizenship.
“Now the Dallas Morning News says that I may technically have dual citizenship,” Cruz said in a statement. “Assuming that is true, then sure, I will renounce any Canadian citizenship. Nothing against Canada, but I’m an American by birth and as a U.S. senator; I believe I should be only an American.”
SNIP
“Because I was a U.S. citizen at birth, because I left Calgary when I was 4 and have lived my entire life since then in the U.S., and because I have never taken affirmative steps to claim Canadian citizenship, I assumed that was the end of the matter,” Cruz said.
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I'd hold up there a while on that one, Ted.
“the Canadian-born senator likely maintains dual citizenship”
Cruz is also Cuban because his father was born there.
He should renounce that too.
Because he’s not eligible?
Ted, you are as stupid as Bachman, who renounced Swiss citizenship.
So pointless
PERFECT!! I was thinking EXACTLY the same thing (I would add "and he'll stand up to the Liberal Establishment" - and they ARE the Establishment now, without question).
Evidence?
They will be calling him a hypocrite for opposing the DREAMers any second now.
Me too..lol. Cruz should release all of his college records next and needle Obama to release his!!
Are you an expert on the laws of Cuban citizenship?
Cruz has never had any allegiance to Canada or Cuba.
There is probably some family in Cuba.
Damn straight!
Bust his ass! force his hand! Shame him!
Concern troll is still concerned.
So ignore the Constitution like the lib pond scum? What happens when we ignore the rule of law?
Law of the jungle. Which we’re headed for anyway with the ruling class traitors.
“And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens”
So clearly Cruz (and McCain) are natural born citizens. And would have been regarded as such by the founding fathers.
Woo hoo! I take this as a signal.
Changing my tag line. Actually, adding a tag line. I don't think I've ever had one before.
US Law.
Naturalization is a separate process.
See the US State Department’s Foreign Affairs Manual quoted below:
7 FAM 1131.6-3 Not Citizens by “Naturalization”
(CT:CON-349; 12-13-2010)
Section 201(g) NA and section 301(g) INA (8 U.S.C. 1401(g)) (formerly section 301(a)(7) INA) both specify that naturalization is “the conferring of nationality of a state upon a person after birth.” Clearly, then, Americans who acquired their citizenship by birth abroad to U.S. citizens are not considered naturalized citizens under either act.
So a person born outside of the country to a service member should never be allowed to be president?
Baloney.
Apparently arguing that America should be governed by an American makes one a concern troll.
In New Jersey, we once said the EXACT. SAME. THING. about Chris Christie if you can believe it.
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Actually, there’s lots of professions here- I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you were being facetious. Besides resources, we also export electronics, aircraft, automobiles, tools and a whole whack of other stuff.
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