If people would just read what the document say, it reveals that if a person is born .. anywhere .. but their mother is AN AMERICAN CITIZEN .. the child is automatically an American Citizen.
Otherwise .. all our military families who are stationed overseas would be subject to having their child become a citizen of another country .. even if they were born on an American Base.
Therefore, SENATOR CRUZ IS A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN .. BECAUSE HIS MOTHER WAS STILL AN NATURAL BORN CITIZEN, even though she was working in Canada at the time.
WHEN IS THIS IDOICY GOING TO STOP ..???????????????
Of course, Grayson is just using this as an excuse to fool the “dumbed-down” youth .. who do not have a clue what the Constitution says, because the left doesn’t teach that in school anymore.
He was also Canadian at birth. I don’t think the Founders would have approved of him running.
Exactly, Congress established in 1790 that children of US citizens born outside the US are considered natural born citizens...there were fears that a foreigner (dare I say a modern-day jihadi refugee) might gain control of the US army and take over the country. This was the intent of the founders (not the jihadi part) and makes complete sense.
While Cruz was born in Canada, his mother was a US citizen. Hence, by birth Cruz is considered a natural born citizen...case closed!
Of course, this won’t stop the Left from trying to litigate and gum up the works.
BTW...Grayson is a sad excuse for a US congressman!
Cruz was born with full citizenship of both the USA and Canada. He ditched his Canadian citizenship and is good to go.
The House of Representatives definition for “natural born Citizen” was read into the Congressional Record during the Civil War, without contest!
“All from other lands, who by the terms of [congressional] laws and a compliance with their provisions become naturalized, are adopted citizens of the United States; all other persons born within the Republic, of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty, are natural born citizens. Gentleman can find no exception to this statement touching natural-born citizens except what is said in the Constitution relating to Indians.” (Cong. Globe, 37th, 2nd Sess., 1639 (1862)).
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The House of Representatives’ definition for “natural born Citizen” was read into the Congressional Record after the Civil War, without contest!
“every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen.†(Cong. Globe, 39th, 1st Sess., 1291 (1866))”
NOTE: PARENTS, not just one parent, and, the birth child born WITHIN the jurisdiction of the United States.
Cruz is NOT a Natural Born Citizen, nor is Obama, nor Rubio, nor Jindal, nor Santorum.
It takes two US citizen parents to make you eligible for the natural born citizen designation.http://birthers.org/USC/14.html
From the State Department
A child born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent or parents may acquire U.S. citizenship at birth if certain statutory requirements are met. The child’s parents should contact the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate to apply for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America (CRBA) to document that the child is a U.S. citizen. If the U.S. embassy or consulate determines that the child acquired U.S. citizenship at birth, a consular officer will approve the CRBA application and the Department of State will issue a CRBA, also called a Form FS-240, in the child’s name.
All any foreign born candidate with an American parent has to do is produce their FS-240 form. I tried to find out when Consular Report of Birth Abroad went into effect. I suspect some time shortly after WW2, but that is just a guess on my part.