Is this true?
Is Cruz not actually Canadian, but is American?
If so, that would absolutely explain why the NYT is trying to damage him now.
I take back any references to Canada I have posted. Please illuminate us on the Canada vs America issue with Cruz.
Is he American?
Interesting article over here: Could Canadian-Born Ted Cruz Be President?
"Bottom line: Despite being born in Canada, Cruz can be considered a natural-born U.S. citizen because his mother was also a U.S. citizen who lived in the United States long enough for him to qualify, according to constitutional experts."
Cruz could just make up a birth certificate that says all the right things and then igonre the critics just like BO does.
Is he American?
His mother, Eleanor Darragh, was born in Delaware of Irish and Italian descent. She married Rafael Cruz, a Cuban, who immigrated to the US in 1957 and graduated from the U of T in 1961. Ted was born in Calgary in 1970, where his parents were working in the oil business. They moved back to Houston when Ted was four. Therefore, he is not Canadian-born, but, rather, born in Canada.
By virtue of his parentage, Ted Cruz is a natural born citizen, being entitled to US citizenship by birth via at least his mother (I don't know if his father was naturalized).