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Cruz lied about Canadian citizenship.

How so?

Being that through his mother he was a U.S. citizen at birth regardless of where on earth he was born, what bestowal of Canadian citizenship upon himself was there -- other than through jur soli (of the soil -- aka within the territory of) considerations?

How Canada, internally within that nation deals with that, I admit to have not examined at authoritative source, yet I do know that it is well established within U.S. law and precedent that when an individual fits criteria to have U.S. citizenship from birth, whatever laws there may be of foreign nations regarding that same individual's citizenship status within those foreign provinces or kingdoms, are (generally speaking) to none effect to that individual's status of U.S. citizen.

See the U.S. Supreme Court majority decision for Wong Kim Ark and I'm sure that you'd readily see what I mean, although that case was focused upon a son born within the United States of Chinese parents.

As for Cruz, his father perhaps had only tenuous Canadian citizenship claims at time of his birth (I further admit I do not know just what Cruz's father's status was within Canada, at time of the now Senator Cruz's birth within territory of Canada) and previously had status within the U.S. as a refugee, having received political asylum, I take it.

It's as likely as not that Cruz grew up all his life thinking only upon his own personal U.S. citizenship, not thinking much upon himself having possible claim to Canadian citizenship.

He was brought from Canada (by his mother) to the United States when he was only 4 years old, wasn't he?

And so all his life would have been told that he was an American citizen, told that quite likely, originally, by his mother.

That would be fitting, for it was from his mother that the now Senator Cruz's U.S. citizenship is derived.

So how again did Cruz "lie" as you put it?