•Anyone born inside the United States *
•Any Indian or Eskimo born in the United States, provided being a citizen of the U.S. does not impair the person’s status as a citizen of the tribe
•Any one born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the U.S., as long as one parent has lived in the U.S.
•Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year and the other parent is a U.S. national
•Any one born in a U.S. possession, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year
•Any one found in the U.S. under the age of five, whose parentage cannot be determined, as long as proof of non-citizenship is not provided by age 21
•Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time)
•A final, historical condition: a person born before 5/24/1934 of an alien father and a U.S. citizen mother who has lived in the U.S.
* There is an exception in the law — the person must be “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States. This would exempt the child of a diplomat, for example, from this provision.
Sigh. . . .Again (as in post 38): The parenthetical comment does not say that the citizen parent MUST have been in military or diplomatic service. It's simply saying that time spent overseas in military or diplomatic service would count toward the five years.
Reading Is Fundamental. Try it.
Military and diplomatic service outside of the U.S. is counted as time in the U.S. You appear to be reading this as a requirement. That would be incorrect. Is that your whole argument?
Read more carefully. She doesn't need to be. The law is saying that time spent abroad in the military or diplomatic service counts against the 5 years of residency.
In Cruz's case, his mother was born in the US and spent well over 5 years physically on US territory.