Cruz JR’s Canadian citizenship was originally a surprise to Cruz, but some were saying he had it and were pressing that issue at the time. And, since the law has changed since his birth, then he might well have been grandfathered in by the new law. At birth he was under the law of 1947. The law of 1977 might well have somehow grandfathered him in.
I’m not sure what you find objectionable to Cruz Sr dropping his Canadian citizenship formally. He says he did so, and I do believe that he had renounced his Cuban citizenship on acquiring Canadian citizenship. That best fits the facts. I don’t have a document in front of me, so it’s conjecture from the known facts.
Therefore, it was not necessary for him to drop it again when he dropped his Canadian citizenship on acquiring US citizenship. Since he mentions dropping the Canadian at that time, and doesn’t mention the Cuban at all, then it seems reasonable again to assume he had already dropped the Cuban.
Since he mentions dropping the Canadian at that time, and doesn’t mention the Cuban
at all, then it seems reasonable again to assume he had already dropped the Cuban.
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I don’t think he could have had Cuban Citizenship as the Cuban Constitution of 1940
which was in force at the time of Ted’s birth prohibits dual citizenship.
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/constitution/title2.htm
ART. 15. The following lose Cuban citizenship:
1st. Those who acquire a foreign citizenship.