[kidd]

the board said, reasoning that Cruz met the criteria because he "did not have to take any steps or go through a naturalization process at some point after birth."

Right decision. Wrong reasoning.

Cruz is a NBC because his American citizen mother had sufficient time as a resident of the United States at the time of his birth.

OTOH, Obama's mother did not.

Under the board's faulty reasoning, it could be (incorrectly) argued that Cruz isn't an American citizen at all.

[WhiskeyX]

“Cruz is a NBC because his American citizen mother had sufficient time as a resident of the United States at the time of his birth.”

It is physically impossible for Ted Cruz to be a natural born citizen, because he was born abroad, and no person born abroad can acquire U.S. citizenship by any means other than by naturalization.

[patlin]

Cruz was NOT an American citizen at birth, his citizenship was retroactive upon a legal act his mother took on behalf of her baby. We don't even know if she did it right away or if she did it right before returning to the US. Why won't Cruz release this information?

At birth, Cruz was a natural born Canadian because he was born to legal permanent residents, his father having applied for Canadian citizenship which he had attained when the family returned to the U.S.

Sorry, but you are simply wrong about Cruz's nationality at birth, and you were right about the court's decision because the case was brought based upon the wrong US Law.

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