Posted on 01/08/2016 9:57:21 AM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
God Bless
He’s an American citizen. Period.
Stop this nonesense.
Candidate for most ignorant statement of the day. Arnold Schwartzenegger is unquestionably an American citizen and he is unquestionably ineligible for the Presidency.
Boy, it must be hard going through life stupid.
Cruz is qualified under the Constitution PERIOD! Get over it.
Eh, he might be. Depends on whose definition of natural born citizen you want to use.
The stauatory defintion from 1791, 1795, 1940, et al.
Get a life.
No, if they were the same thing the Founders wouldn't have used the term Natural born as a requirement for Presidential eligibility. They would have used the same term as they did for all of the others - citizen of the United States.
I keep asking to be shown sources where more than two categories of citizenship are cited.
I never said there were more than two.
If your citizenship status has to be determined by a law, you're naturalized, not natural born.
And no, I won't sort through and define anything to your satisfaction. The burden of proof is for you to come up with a law that uses the term 'natural born' since that's what the Constitution requires.
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BTW - Wong Kim Ark, the benchmark derision that supposedly created a 'native' born citizen when someone is born here of foreign parents said-
A person born out of the jurisdiction of the United States can only become a citizen by being naturalized, either by treaty, as in the case of the annexation of foreign territory, or by authority of congress, exercised either by declaring certain classes of persons to be citizens, as in the enactments conferring citizenship upon foreign-born children of citizens,..
With few exceptions, being born in a another country means you're born outside the jurisdiction of the United States.
Statutes can no more define who is and who is not a natural born citizen then they can define what is or is not an unconstitutional restriction on religious liberty.
Not document is provided nor was a link to said documents.
“4 years and both had applied for and been granted Canadian citizenshipâ€Â
Not document is provided nor was a link to said documents.
I don’t have a link. The statement was from Cruz’s father.
go to scribd.com “cruz citizenship timeline”. I wish I could paste..sorry.
They make the assertion, plainly.
But then they don't provide any documentary evidence.
And absent that, with the release today of Cruz's mom's BC, this is a closed case.
By US Law he is a US Citizen by birth.
And absent that, with the release today of Cruz’s mom’s BC, this is a closed case.
By US Law he is a US Citizen by birth.
In 1970 my daughter was born in Schweinfurt, West (at the time) Germany to myself, an American citizen, and her mother, a German citizen (at the time). I immediately went to the American consulate in Munich and had her, my daughter, "made" an American citizen, complete with US passport. One trip to the consulate, and a few bucks, is all it took. Two months later we all came to the US and lived happily (mostly) ever after. No immigration file.
b. obama sr was not a US citizen, and yet b obama jr squats in public housing in Washington DC, on the public payroll.
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
b. obama sr was not a US citizen, and yet b obama jr squats in public housing in Washington DC, on the public payroll.
We all know how that came to pass...don’t we..
In order to be considered a "naturalized" citizen, you must have undergone the following. There is no other way to be considered naturalized. If you can produce information that Ted Cruz went through this process, I will concede your point. If he was not a citizen at birth and did not undergo the naturalization process, then he has been illegally serving as a U.S. Senator.
Naturalization Process
In general, the naturalization process includes the following steps:
Determine if you are already a U.S. citizen.
Determine your eligibility to become a U.S. citizen.
Prepare Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.
Submit Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.
Go to the biometrics (fingerprinting) appointment, if applicable.
Complete the interview.
Receive a decision from USCIS on your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.
Receive a notice to take the Oath of Allegiance.
Take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States.
Understand your rights and responsibilities as a U.S. citizen.
I agree. I'm not arguing that it is "right." Just stating the facts. I wish this genie could be squeezed back into the bottle, but that ain't gonna happen.
You don’t think they made a copy of her passport and supporting documentation?
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