[Aria]

If the qualification has now been lowered to one US citizen parent - at least at one time - then we have opened a terrible door.

If not for Obama probably Cruz wouldn’t even be trying this.
And now Cruz has even a lower standard of citizenship by not being abot to claim being born on the soil.

It’s beyond me why so many cannot see the precedent this is setting up.

[nitzy]

How about if the standard is that one parent needs to be a citizen at the time of birth?

I don't see how that is setting up any terrible precedent.

If the wife of a soldier gives birth on a base overseas the day after the soldier dies on the battlefield, technically that child only has one citizen parent at the time it was born. Should it be a citizen?

Let's say a U.S. woman is raped and gives birth out of the country. Since the citizenship of the father is unknown, should the child not be a U.S. citizen?

I would agree that if Cruz's mother was not a citizen at the time of his birth he would not be a citizen but I don't think there is any credible evidence that points to that. Every accusation I have heard seems to be just desperate flinging of crap on the wall by Trump fanatics trying to come up with something.

[Don Corleone]

If the qualification has now been lowered to one US citizen parent - at least at one time - then we have opened a terrible door. If not for Obama probably Cruz wouldn’t even be trying this. And now Cruz has even a lower standard of citizenship by not being abot to claim being born on the soil. It’s beyond me why so many cannot see the precedent this is setting up.

If this holds up then any of the literally millions of legitimate and illegitimate children born to US Servicemen all over the world are now eligible to run for president. This nonsense must stop! America is lost!!!