Cruz's Canadian birth was no secret, and if it was such a big deal, he would not have won his previous elections.
“Ted Cruz is a natural-born citizen.”
That is a lie. Ted Cruz is a naturalized U.S. citizen, and his birth in Calgary, Canada makes it entirely impossible for him to be a natural born citizen. No child born abroad can be a natural born citizen, unless the birth occurred while under the protection of diplomatic immunity.
“He did not go through any naturalization process, so he is not naturalized.”
That statement is another lie, and a lie used by Ted Cruz to deceive the public. Ted Cruz acquired U.S. citizenship by naturalization at birth under the authority of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952, which provides for the collective naturalization at birth of children born abroad with a U.S. citizen parent. This automatic naturalization at birth is the naturalization process, except for obtaining a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) and any other residency requirements. There is no possibility of acquiring natural born citizenship by birth abroad, except while enjoying diplomatic immunity. Ted Cruz can only be a foreigner or a natural born U.S. citizen. There are no other possibilities.
“Cruz’s Canadian birth was no secret, and if it was such a big deal, he would not have won his previous elections.”
Actually, Ted Cruz did keep his Canadian birth and his Canadian citizenship a secret. During his election campaign to become a Senator, his campaign literature made a special point of omitting his place of birth in Canada and the fact he was still a Canadian citizen. When some of the more enterprising reporters who were aware of rumors of his Canadian birth tried to ask him why the information was not included in his biography, he refused to cooperate in answering the reporters’ questions about his Canadian birth and citizenship. So, Ted Cruz knowingly withheld the information about his Canadian birth and citizenship from the voters, and that was a big deal. In fact, he would not have been elected to serve as a Senator form Texas, and he would not now be a candidate in the Presidential election.