Cruz got his citizenship thru jus sanguinis, i.e., thru his mother. When Cruz was born in Calgary, his mother had to register his birth at the US Consulate to convey citizenship. But Cruz was also a Canadian citizen at birth thru birthright citizenship, i.e., jus solis.
If you read the Tribe-Olson opinion on McCain you will find that they found McCain eligible on the basis of both jus sanguinis (both parents US citizens and jus solis, McCain was born in the Canal Zone, considered a US territory. In that same opinion they found Obama eligible because he was born in Hawaii.
So the question is do the children of illegal aliens who are citizens automatically thru jus solis,, i.e., birthright citizenship eligible to be President as a natural born citizens. 300,000 children are born to illegal aliens annually. The same holds true for non-US citizen tourists here on visas or green card holders.
The Courts have never ruled on the issue. It needs to be done sooner rather than later. Cruz would be the first President ever born outside the country and having only one US citizen parent.
The controversy over Chester A. Arthur's eligibility over 120 years ago is instructive. Also, the reason why Obama's birthplace matters is that under the laws at the time, his mother would not have been able to convey citizenship to him even though she was an American citizen.
I believe that is false. The statute that confers citizenship does not depend on registering the birth. CRBA is a relatively easy and highly reliable way to document US citizenship, but it is not the ONLY way to do so.
Thanks for your informative post to me. I certainly don’t claim to be an expert here.
When I see the Liberal Media jumping all over this ‘story’ as a way to attack and destroy Cruz, it causes me stop and question why we’re helping them.
At the end of the day, if this does go before a court, Cruz will be deemed to be a U.S. Citizen, eligible to be President.
To maintain that McCain enjoyed jus solis because he was born in the Canal Zone is risible and absurd. If that were the case, any offspring of Panamanians born in the Zone would be anchor babies. But they are not. McCain is a citizen via jus sanguinis alone.