What does information about the "Cruz family" have to do with whether or not he is eligible?
It sounds like you are trying to thread-jack by bringing up points that are irrelevant to the topic of discussion.
Whether he beats his dog, or enjoys planting flowers is really not germane to the point. Neither is the doings of his family.
In a letter to Breitbart News, Cruz representatives stated "Eleanor was never a citizen of Canada, and she could not have been under the facts or the law. In short, she did not live in Canada long enough to be a Canadian citizen by the time Cruz was born in 1970: Canadian law required 5 years of permanent residence, and she moved to Canada in December 1967—only 3 years before Senator Cruz's birth."For what it's worth...There are some links I didn't format for the quote. I'm outta time...I should be doing other things at the moment that I get paid for and I'd like to keep this job.This is EXACTLY what they want you to think; otherwise it would be proof positive that Ted is not a US citizen (besides no CBRA).
And this would be true for anyone who was an American, but they were betting that no one would make the connection to Eleanor’s previous 8 years in England, that she was a British subject, so for the most part she was already a Canadian citizen, it was the reason she moved there, and so after just one year she was 100% Canadian, exclusively. Remember, she moved to Canada almost exactly ONE year after the death of her son Michael Wilson in England. She was in the USA for a very short period in between England and Canada, so this was a total span of 16 years living outside of the USA
By late 1970 when Ted was born, Alberta had finally joined the national medicare plan. As a citizen, Eleanor would have received all medical care, including delivery of baby Ted, for next to nothing. Even before 1970, the Alberta government had provided free maternity care under a version of health-care insurance known at the time as Manning Care. Those hospital records would certainly tell the truth.
The question you have to ask is "Why would they quit great jobs and move to Canada?"
By the time Rafael received his citizenship, their relationship was showing signs of strain and the business was faltering. Rafael was making frequent trips back to the US to see his children and presumably his American wife Julia, telling them he was still ‘on assignment’ in Calgary. It is probable that Rafael fully intended to return to the USA once he had his Canadian citizenship, but by then Eleanor was already pregnant, and on December 22, 1970 Rafael and Eleanor Cruz gave birth to Rafael Edward Cruz in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. After Ted’s birth they both began drinking heavily as the fights and arguments escalated. By 1974 the business was in dire straits so Rafael sold the ailing R.B. Cruz and Associates to Dave Robson, who turned it into Veritas Seismic Ltd.. Once the business was sold, Rafael abandoned Eleanor and his 3 year old son Rafael Edward Cruz in Calgary with very little money or income and returned to his American wife Julia Ann (Garza) Cruz and their 2 daughters Miriam and Roxanne, in Texas. (Once again, all of these events by Rafael should have generated entries into his US A-File.)
As 'Ted' Cruz tells it, Rafael had a 'come to Jesus' moment when he became a member of a Dominionist Church after which he returned to Eleanor and Ted and renewed their relationship.
The truth is closer to Eleanor packing up everything she had in Calgary and left the 8 years there behind her and once again returning to her family in Texas, where she proceeded to track Rafael down, not that she won him back 100% though.
Rafael B. Cruz continued in BOTH marriages, raising all three of the children into adulthood, at least until 1997, when he filed for divorce from both women, one in the USA and the other in Canada, ending his bigamist lifestyle.
The following facts must be considered concerning Ted's citizenship:
At the time of Ted’s birth neither parent was a citizen of the United States. Both had become Canadian Citizens. Rafael had never been and Eleanor gave up her US citizenship in England and then converted from British to Canadian.
Before I forget...you made some good points, especially regarding current time perspective, in post 163. Thanks!