A few questions:
First - About the father, Rafael Sr and his selective service card. I’ve read elsewhere that he officially emigrated to Canada in 1969. This article says the process might have begin as early as 1967. As you recall, the Vietnam War was RAGING in those years. It is odd that he went immediately to Canada upon receiving his ‘selective service card’.
The question: even though he was older, one has to wonder about draft numbers and green card holders. I know they were eligible to be drafted. However, what was Rafael Cruz’s draft number and what was his culpability to the draft?
Second - About the mother. I have heard that voter registration rolls were automatic, but were not based on registration but on simply having an address. However, if her husband had moved to Canada, and she had also, it would have made sense for her to join her husband in applying for Canadian citizenship. My understanding of the law was that dual citizenship was discouraged, so one might gain it by being a Canadian born overseas, but if one were applying for Canadian citizenship, then a renunciation of old citizenship would have been expected. This is hinted at in Senior’s giving up Canadian citizenship when he became a US citizen. He doesn’t mention also giving up Cuban citizenship. Why? Because he’d already had to give that up when obtaining Canadian citizenship.
So, for Eleanor Cruz, did she give up US citizenship at any point, or enter a process that would have resulted in that eventually?
Questions that deserve answers. Someone should ask Cruz these questions. I am sure the Dems will ask them if Cruz is the nominee.
You hit the nail on the head. The only thing we have on Cruz’s mother is her birth certificate in Delaware. What about her marriage certificate? Why did she list her divorced husbands name as her maiden name? There are just too many what if’s to suit me.
There is so much we don’t know. What we do know seems to hinge mostly on Cruz having all the facts and accurately conveying them. But this is a person who didn’t even know he held Canadian citizenship. What other facts is he in error about?
Do we know exactly what years Cruz’ mother spent in England? I’m no expert, but isn’t there a rule on the mother needing to reside in the US a certain number of years before the child is born? Between her time in England and Canada, does the mother meet this requirement?
If the parents headed to Canada sooner than we’ve been told, they could have acquired citizenship sooner. What is the proof of their departure date from the US? Are we just taking someone’s word for it, or is there corroborating evidence?
Doesn’t the word ‘native’ mean born in a particular place? For example, I am a native of FL; I was born there. Hard to believe we’ve come to the place of believing a native-born Canadian is a NBC of the US.