“Has Cruz been naturalized?”
No, he didn’t have to be naturalized. He was an American citizen when he was born as his mother was an American. He is as American as if his mother lived in Minnesota and went across to Canada for a shopping day and had the baby there. His citizenship passes from the mother to the baby. She fills out the information for the birth certificate that he is an American and that goes on the birth certificate.
While she was living in Canada at the time, she was not a Canadian citizen, was an American citizen.
If a woman is an American citizen living in Laredo, Texas, and goes shopping one day into Mexico, and the baby comes while she is in Mexico, the baby is an American. Does not have to be naturalized.
If an American going to have a baby has to fly to China for something and the baby is born in China, the baby is an American, not Chinese. Does not have to be naturalized.
I had lunch today with a person who was born in Cuba, he was a Cuban citizen as his mother and father were also Cuban citizens. He came to the states when he was fourteen and became a naturalized citizen. That is what a naturalized citizen is - a citizen of another country who wants to become an American citizen. If you are American from the beginning, you do not have to be naturalized as you were naturally born an American to start.
This will keep going around in circles until Cruz decides whether or not to run for president. If his mom did not declare him to be an American at birth, but let him become a Canadian, not an American, then he had to be naturalized when he came to the states if he wanted to be an American. That would prevent him from becoming president. One is either a natural born citizen or a naturalized citizen.
But if a Mexican woman crosses over into Laredo and goes shopping, and the baby comes, you believe that the same is not true, correct? Is that baby Mexican?
One is either a natural born citizen or a naturalized citizen.
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You need to do more reading and studying on the subject. There are citizens, there are naturalized citizens, and there are natural born citizens. For example, how is it a child born in the U.S. to foreign nationals is able to claim citizenship simply by being born here? I don’t agree with this interpretation, but this is what has been taking place for decades.
Also, isn’t it correct that if his mother was married to a Canadian, living in Canada at the time of birth, the child takes the nationality of his father, so the child would then be a dual national. If the mother was just living with a Canadian, and unmarried, the illegitimate child would then be 100% American? We have all had a crash course in the intricacies of citizenship since Usurperville happened in the U.S.
Yep. My point exactly. I was naturalized 1994. From South Africa. I am a white African Scots American!,
His father was a citizen of Cuba at the time of Cruz’s birth.
Draw a circle. This first circle represents all people born in America or on American soil. Draw another circle which overlaps the first circle a little bit. The second circle represents all people born to American citizen parent or parents. The overlapping portion represents the natural born citizens. Now draw a third circle which does not overlap either of the other two circles. This third circle represents naturalized citizens, citizens by statute.
There are at least three classes of citizenship, not two, and probably four, if the subPreme Court were honest and looked at the meanings as held when the Constitution was written. The most exclusive class of citizenship is the overlap of circles one and two.
What is the definition of a dual citizen and why would Cruz not be a dual citizen both of the US and Canada.?
I agree with all you stated, Marcella.
It also makes it clear that RUBIO is NOT eligible, since both parents were Cuban nationals at the time of his birth. Same is true for Jindal, as his parents were Indian nationals when he was born.
Rubio is a lost cause anyway, even if he was eligible.
You forgot Dual Citizen.
Like my daughter. Born in the states to a foreign national.
Kinda like King Soetoro.