As I understand it, if Cruz’s mother had been in Canada 5 or more years before he was born, he would not have been eligible.
However, as her certificate of American birth has now been produced, and she gave birth to him inside of 4 years in Canada, the issue of his American citizenship appears to have been established.
“As I understand it, if Cruz’s mother had been in Canada 5 or more years before he was born, he would not have been eligible.
However, as her certificate of American birth has now been produced, and she gave birth to him inside of 4 years in Canada, the issue of his American citizenship appears to have been established.”
Sounds quite familiar . . Cruz and Obama have similar backgrounds, it seems.
Wrong. The five year reference is how long one must have resided in Canada before one could apply for Canadian citizenship.
It was wrongly asserted by pinheads that Cruz's mother was a Canadian citizen when he was born. They were proven wrong by the fact that the family was only in Canada for three years prior to his birth and one had to be there for five years before applying for Canadian citizenship.
Not to those who believe the original intent of the founders was the explanation of “Natural born citizen” given in Vattel’s Law of Nations. Two American parents would be necessary for Cruz to qualify and I believe it was the intent of the Founders to assure that no person of divided loyalty could be president and therefor commander in chief of the Army.
All this business about Cruz’s mother is just fluff as it is clearly established that Cruz’s father was a Cuban national.