If Ted Cruz wasn't born in the US, why's he still running for pres and why is the media letting him?

[BlueCaliDem]

17. "If you are born of a U.S. citizen you are a natural born citizen." Not necessarily.

There are certain qualifications under INA law that determine if children acquired U.S. citizenship through parents.

I speak out of personal experience.

My daughter was born 11/1991 in the Netherlands but acquired citizenship through me under this section of the INA:

[center]Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock[/center]
A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) of the INA provided the U.S. citizen parent was physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen, is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen, is required for physical presence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.) The U.S. citizen parent must be the genetic or the gestational parent and the legal parent of the child under local law at the time and place of the child’s birth to transmit U.S. citizenship.

[center]Ted Cruz's mother would have to qualify under that part of the law that I've set in bold
for him to acquire U.S. citizenship under the old INA law.[/center]

My oldest son, Mark, was also born in the Netherlands and acquired U.S. citizenship through me under this section of the INA:

[center]Birth Abroad Out-of-Wedlock to a U.S. Citizen Mother:[/center]
A person born abroad out-of-wedlock to a U.S. citizen mother may acquire U.S. citizenship under Section 309(c) of the INA if the mother was a U.S. citizen at the time of the person’s birth and if the mother was physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year prior to the person’s birth. The U.S. citizen mother must be the genetic or the gestational mother and the legal parent of the child under local law at the time and place of the child’s birth to transmit U.S. citizenship.

My brother's daughters did not acquire U.S. citizenship through birth. Although he was born in Los Angeles, California, he was thirteen when our father took us to the Netherlands. My brother never surrendered his citizenship but has never returned to the United States afterward. He has two daughters born after 1991 in the Netherlands, but neither qualified for acquisition of U.S. citizenship under the INA.

[center]One parent is a U.S. citizen at the time of birth and the birthdate is on or after November 14, 1986[/center]
The U.S. citizen parent had been physically present in the U.S. or its territories for a period of at least five years at some time in his or her life prior to the birth, of which at least two years were after his or her 14th birthday.