[gusty]

Since the founding of the country, the United States does not care one iota for what other countries consider their citizens. Citizenship is not some chromosome or germ that is passed from parent to child. Citizenship is what the law says it is. What Cuba or Canada consider a citizen is irrelevant, the laws and constitution of the United States could care less. If Gambia sent you a passport in the mail declaring you a Gambian citizen, do you really think that it would have any meaning, or would you go shrieking into night in a cold sweat, worried about your status. Any normal thinking American would just toss it in the garbage, and think nothing of it. Ted Cruz was considered a citizen at birth by the United States government, and that is all that matters, everything else is just mental self pleasure.

[Sam Troy]

Article 2 Section 1 specifically calls for a ‘natural born Citizen’ to be president, not a Citizen. See John Jay’s letter to George Washington when framing the presidential clause.

[faucetman]

you said: “ Ted Cruz was considered a citizen at birth “

No, Ted Cruz WAS, (not considered), a citizen at birth, being born to 2 citizen parents.

That does not MAKE him a NBC. He’s got HALF of it, but you have to be born in the good old USA also, to be eligible to the office.

[riverdawg]

"Since the founding of the country, the United States does not care one iota for what other countries consider their citizens. Citizenship is not some chromosome or germ that is passed from parent to child. Citizenship is what the law says it is. What Cuba or Canada consider a citizen is irrelevant, the laws and constitution of the United States could care less. If Gambia sent you a passport in the mail declaring you a Gambian citizen, do you really think that it would have any meaning, or would you go shrieking into night in a cold sweat, worried about your status. Any normal thinking American would just toss it in the garbage, and think nothing of it.”

Thank you. I have tried to explain this to many people here on FR and to several friends who have “dual citizenship” in the US and some other country. This is especially important for such people who are traveling abroad. My advice to them is: “always travel on your US passport”.