Because under the laws in effect when Churchill was born citizenship for children born overseas was granted through the father. Children with a foreign father and an American mother were not citizens.
Why did Congress need to make Winston Churchill an honorary US citizen if his mother was also an American?
Because under the laws in effect when Churchill was born citizenship for children born overseas was granted through the father. Children with a foreign father and an American mother were not citizens.
Which is proof right there that Cruz is not a NBC, since it was a statute change that granted him US citizenship at all.