The Act also establishes the United States citizenship of certain children of citizens, born abroad, without the need for naturalization: "the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens"
Thank you for posting this. I’ve been reading a lot of info such as this, and I’m not sure why it’s so difficult for so many to understand.
What if only one parent is a citizen? That's not addressed.
Seriously, though, the only differnce between Cruz and The 0ne is that one was born out of the country. In both cases the mom was a citizen and the dad not, so who cares?
I don't think Trump is attacking the issue. Reporters ask him a question, he answers it, and the reporter howls attack!
“The Act also establishes the United States citizenship of certain children of citizens, born abroad, without the need for naturalization:”
Citizenship is not the question. The issue is meeting the requirements of “Natural Born Citizenship.” The USSC clearly answered this issue (of what a Natural Born Citizen was) in Minor v Happersatt.)
Obama, with his foreign citizen father, clearly did not meet the Article II standard. He, they used “Jus Solis” as a “work around.” The damage Obama has done (and is doing) to the US, illustrates the Wisdom of the Founders when they wrote Article II limiting the Presidency to those born and raised as Americans exclusively.
For the Democrats redefining NBC to merely “Jus Solis” helped them get Obama past Article II. Foolishly the RNC let them get away with it. As a side benefit for the Democrats it has help them establishes the children of illegal aliens, “anchor babies” as citizens.
Try telling the American Kennel Club that your mongrel, who was born in a French Poodle kennel, is therefore a “Poodle.
Won’t Fly will it? Neither should have Obama, a born mutt!
Poodles born to Poodle parents are Poodles. Period.
As for Cruz, if both his parents were American Citizens he is for all intents and purposes, not only a citizen, but also a NBC. While born just across the border in Alberta, Canada, Cruz was raised in American, to American culture, values,and mores. Nothing “foreign” about him.
Obama, born of an American mother was never raised an American (or for that matter in America).
Cruz, born of an American mother and father, was raised not only as an American, but as a highly Patriotic American, meeting the Founders intent as expressed in Article II.
Nice partial homework on the 1790 law. It was changed however in 1795 to remove the words “Natural born.”
So Cruz is a citizen through his mother (assuming she is a citizen), but still not necessarily eligible to be President.
Canada btw, was not a U.S. possession.
I’m not sure Cruz can totally address this without a court ruling. I hope he can do this so that it will not be an issue if he is nominated to either of the top 2 spots.