1.
If the citizen parent does not meet the requirement of statute there is no grant of citizenship.
In other words, the foreign-born child of a citizen parent is not necessarily a citizen.
Therefore, the citizenship of the citizen parent is not the agency causing of the grant of citizenship.
2.
If the citizen parent does meet the requirement of statute there is a grant of citizenship.
3.
The citizenship of the citizen parent was the same in both 1 & 2. The only difference between 1 & 2 is whether the requirements of statute were met. The determinative factor is the statute. The statute is the controlling factor.
RE: If the citizen parent does not meet the requirement of statute there is no grant of citizenship.
Ted Cruz’s mother did.
RE: In other words, the foreign-born child of a citizen parent is not necessarily a citizen.
Only if the parent did not meet the requirements of the statute.
RE: Therefore, the citizenship of the citizen parent is not the agency causing of the grant of citizenship.
Why not? If the parent meets the requirements of the statute and the child was born under that circumstance, the child is then a citizen by virtue of the parent’s citizenship.
RE: If the citizen parent does meet the requirement of statute there is a grant of citizenship.
Of course, and that’s what Ted Cruz’s mother met.
RE: The citizenship of the citizen parent was the same in both 1 & 2. The only difference between 1 & 2 is whether the requirements of statute were met. The determinative factor is the statute. The statute is the controlling factor.
Why was it not the intent of the framers for future Congress to grant citizenship the way they see fit based on the law that they passed?
The statute is A not THE or ONLY determinative factor. The more important factor is the intent of the framers.