Rafael Cruz...said he received a Green Card...I suppose that made him a resident.
“Rafael Cruz...said he received a Green Card...I suppose that made him a resident.”
Under U.S. law Rafael Cruz forfeited his status as a U.S. Permanent Resident when he became a Canadian Permanent Resident, and then again when he naturalized as a Canadian citizen. When and if the U.S. Government noted the change in his status and revoked his U.S. Permanent Resident status is not known. So far as we know Rafael Cruz simply may have not notified the U.S. Government about his Canadian Permanent Resident status and Canadian citizenship before using his original U.S. Permanent Resident status to apply for and acquire U.S. citizenship by naturalization in 2005.