Just ask yourself this, Liz.
Hypothetical: Suppose President Washington was told that a Cuban had moved to Virginia to attend William and Mary’s. While there he had married a 20-something Virginian woman, gone to college, worked a year or two, and then moved to Canada in the thick of the war and the Cuban had applied for Canadian citizenship which he received. The two had a son, who was born a Canadian citizen.
They send a letter to Washington and ask “Is our son a natural born US citizen?”
What would Washington answer?
GW would not crumple even one curl on his periwig.
Or.....as Sherlock Holmes would say......elementary, my dear Watson.
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I get the feeling, x, that you are attempting to punish the sins of the father by passing that sin on to the son.
Ted Cruz’s mother was an American Citizen. His father’s reasons for moving to Canada are irrelevant to whether or not Ted Cruz would be an NBC. The statutory definition of being a citizen by nature of birth would include Ted Cruz.
Ted Cruz’s father’s motives are not relevant to the eligibility of Ted Cruz to be President. His NBC status was based on his mother’s citizenship.
Do you believe that the children of Islamic Refugees born in the United States are more qualified under the NBC clause to be President than Ted Cruz? Cruz’s father may have been a draft evader, but there are “eligible” children right now who are the children of people who have sworn to destroy this nation. At this point in our history the NBC clause is nothing more than a meaningless relic.