“That makes him a naturalized citizen, not a natural born citizen.”
No, it does not. Naturalization is what happens AFTER birth, and Ted was born a US citizen. Therefor, he is not a naturalized citizen, which leaves...
If he was a natural born American citizen, how was he born into Canadian citizenship?
“No, it does not. Naturalization is what happens AFTER birth, and Ted was born a US citizen. Therefor, he is not a naturalized citizen, which leaves...”
Not according to the U.S. Code:
U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual Volume 7
Consular Affairs. 7 FAM 1150 ACQUISITION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP BY NATURALIZATION.
b. 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(23); INA 101(a)(23)) defines naturalization as “the conferring of nationality of a state upon a person after birth by any means whatsoever.†For the purposes of this subchapter naturalization includes:...
(5) “Automatic†acquisition of U.S. citizenship after birth, a form of naturalization by certain children born abroad to U.S. citizen parents or children adopted abroad by U.S. citizen parents.
Cruz was born a Canadian and U.S. citizen. He can not be a natural born citizen of both, or the clause would not have been put in the Constitution. Which country is he a natural born citizen of ?