Could be an Argument but he was not born state side! HI is the only thing bummer has goin for him!
Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada[1], where his parents, Eleanor Darragh and Rafael Cruz, were working in the oil business.[9][10] His father was a Cuban immigrant to the United States during the Cuban Revolution.[11] His mother was born and reared in Delaware, in a family of Irish and Italian descent.[10][12] Cruz’s family returned to the U.S. when he was four years old.[11]
No, his father was not an immigrant during the Cuban revolution. His father was a domestic terrorist in Cuba who came here before the Castro takeover.
I guess from Bill Richardson’s perspective, like a Jew, you ain’t Hispanic unless your mother is Hispanic.