CRBA. That’s it!
So, this must mean Mrs. Cruz kept dual citizenship status for herself, between Canada and USA, that made her eligible to apply for CRBA status for Ted. Right?
The CRBA form proclaims what? That Ted was naturalized?
The question is how does CRBA of 1970 line up with today’s definition of a Naturalized Citizen?
It’s not just me, this thing is going to court on some grounds and with standing, right?
Someone could post that citizenship section from the Naturalization Study Guide and see the question, the issue and the discrepancy, for nerds that want to understand it and see the issue laid to rest in black and white, and not just because Cruz said it. You know what I mean?
CRBA doesn't recite "Congratulations! You are naturalized!" But yes, it stands for that. Citizen of a birth abroad is always naturalized.
The definition of born abroad citizen being naturalized has NEVER been otherwise. I can't think of a body of law that is more settled than this, seriously. Thousands of cases, perfectly uniform on this point.
I've laid it out for the nerds. I'm not going to keep repeating it. Nerds are smart. They look things up for themselves.
There are many court cases. Cruz is asserting the falsehood that citizenship at birth is NBC, offers no legal authority beyond his claim "there is no disagreement", then says the case should be tossed for standing (here he offers legal authority!). He says the only venue that can decide this is the electoral college, after the general election, and Congress, after it has the electoral votes.
Search “Canada landed immigrant”.
Canada required, and still does, immigrants to apply for landed immigrant status as well as for temporary employment. After receiving approval the clock starts on the approval for citizenship. The term was either 5 or 7 years IIRC before applying for Canadian citizenship. Under aged minors had to be included in the primary application or added later. Alien birth on Canadian soil did not confer Canadian citizenship.
So the question remains, how did Ted acquire the Canadian citizenship he renounced in 2014.
Conservative reporters should be asking these question of the Canadian Embassy with the ambiguous dates floating around for the Cruz family stay in Canada.
It remains unclear what Cruz Sr. status was in the US prior to his move to Canada, while in Canada, and his subsequent return to the USA. He may have applied for Cuban refugee status in Canada which had different requirements.