[[Dang, I am sick of Presidents having spent much of their youth NOT American. At least in Cruz’s case, he WOULD HAVE BEEN an American youth had he only applied. He thought he was an American child. But officially, he spent his first 17 years as a Canadian.]]
Not really- In Canada, He was under what the US calls ‘temporary jurisdiction’ of canada, but that did not nullify his obligations to the US, as he was a sovereign US citizen as well- in dual citizenship- He was an American citizen- living under ‘temporary jurisdiction’ in another country for the few years he spent their
No, he was able to be a US citizen but Canada didn’t care. He has shown his Canadian BC, so until his renouncing he was technically a Canadian citizen. He has been a USA citizen since he was 16. Neither country gives a damn about his citizenship in the other country.