Obviously a person born a US citizen is eligible. This was discussed regarding McCain who was born in the Panama Canal Zone. I thought Cruz was born a Canadian, obviously I was wrong. If he was born a US citizen he is eligible.
Some of these people think if George and Martha Washington crossed into Canada and she gave birth, their child would be rendered ineligible. Ridiculous.
Cruz was born in Canada to a Cuban father and a mother born and bred in the U.S. (Delaware). They were working in Canada for an oil company.
BY virtue of the U.S. citizenship of Cruz’s mother, he was born a U.S. citizen.
He could not have been born a Canadian citizen because according to Canadian law, in order to be born a citizen of Canada, at least one parent has to be a Canadian citizen (whether the child was born in Canada or in another country).
But... but... but... natural born citizen takes birth on US soil AND citizen parents.
It's a HIGHER form of citizenship! And it's the HIGHEST form of citizenship that's required in order to be a NATURAL BORN citizen.
And Ted Cruz, even if he HAD been born in AMERICA, just isn't American enough. We need someone like... well, like Hillary Clinton, for example. SHE's eligible.
Now if Ted's dad had taken the oath of citizenship, and if Ted had been born in... Peoria, and if he doesn't have any grandparents on either side who came from countries that extend automatic citizenship to their grandchildren, and if he's never married a foreigner whose country gives automatic citizenship to spouses... well, THEN he could be American enough to be eligible.
Maybe. If we decide he is.