SOURCE: http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=66&page=236#
The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
(g) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than ten years, at least five of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years:
Provided, That any periods of honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or periods of employment with the United States Government or with an international organization as that term is defined in section 288 of title 22 by such citizen parent, or any periods during which such citizen parent is physically present abroad as the dependent unmarried son or daughter and a member of the household of a person (A) honorably serving with the Armed Forces of the United States, or (B) employed by the United States Government or an international organization as defined in section 288 of title 22, may be included in order to satisfy the physical- presence requirement of this paragraph. This proviso shall be applicable to persons born on or after December 24, 1952, to the same extent as if it had become effective in its present form on that date;
FROM THE ABOVE — Cruz is a CITIZEN AT BIRTH. He got his American passport without having to go through the naturalization process. Therefore, he IS a natural born American citizen.
I’d like to see Trump file a lawsuit and get around this law.
The only thing that has EVER mattered in this debate-
WHAT DID THE PHRASE NATURAL BORN MEAN WHEN THE CONSTITUTION WAS RATIFIED?
“Cruz is a CITIZEN AT BIRTH. He got his American passport without having to go through the naturalization process. Therefore, he IS a natural born American citizen.”
There is a difference between a citizen at birth, and a natural born citizen. There are dual citizens, like Cruz. He had choice of citizenship. A natural born citizen has no choice.