[Ray76]

Ted Cruz was born "Rafael Edward Cruz" December 22, 1970 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to a US citizen mother and a Cuban citizen father.

His mother is US citizen Eleanor Darragh.

His father is Cuban citizen Rafael B. Cruz. (naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 2005)

Eleanor Darragh and Rafael B. Cruz were residents of Canada for at least four years from 1970, possibly earlier, until 1974. They conducted business there as Rafael B. Cruz and Associates, Ltd.

It appears he is in law a natural born citizen of Canada (Canadian Citizenship Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. C-19, s. 5(1,3))

Revised Statutes of Canada 1970:

Accessed at:
http://ia700401.us.archive.org/10/items/revisedstatutes197001uoft/revisedstatutes197001uoft.pdf

Biographical info:
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20120428-senate-candidate-ted-cruz-aims-to-pick-up-mantle-of-reagan.ece

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20111025-a-tighter-lipped-cruz-lets-others-fill-in-blanks-on-cuban-fathers-exodus.ece

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2013/04/08/ted-cruz-father-and-inspiration-talks-about-latinos-conservatives-and-american/

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/04/15/ted-cruz-texas-answer-to-marco-rubio/

http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Cruz-s-life-defies-simplification-3946523.php

[Ray76]

Cruz is a naturalized US citizen (8 U.S.C. § 1401(g))

[Ray76]

If the red underlined “and” in subsection (3) is or should be construed as “or” then the question is: were his parents admitted for “permanent residence”? If yes then Cruz is in law a “natural born citizen” of Canada. If no then he is not a “natural born citizen” of Canada, although he may be a citizen under a different provision.

[JCBreckenridge]

Fantastic.