I think Trump has a point though. Cruz is qualified as a citizen because of his mom. But since he was born outside of the country, how does the government know that Cruz is a citizen if there wasn’t some kind of paperwork filed?
Anybody could show up and claim they are the child of someone who was a citizen and that they were born overseas. Without proof, how do we know?
Ummmm....it’s called a Birth Certificate
A Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) is official evidence of United States citizenship, issued to a child born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent or parents, who meet the requirements for transmitting citizenship under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)..
I personally believe Cruz to be a NBC, though I think he did himself no favors by having it still hanging out there going into election season.
My conservative brother, on the other hand, is very dissatisfied with the notion of anyone being eligible who could have claimed dual or foreign citizenship at any point in their lifetime. He will not support Cruz for that reason alone.
This has been discussed many times. Proof of birth presented at the US Consulate in the country of birth establishes citizenship.