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In reply to the discussion: Ted Cruz Citizenship Timeline: Ted Cruz is Canadian at birth. Period. [View all]SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)17. No.
Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh was born in Delaware.
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Ted Cruz Citizenship Timeline: Ted Cruz is Canadian at birth. Period. [View all]
UCmeNdc
Jan 2016
OP
I think that according to US law, you relinquish US citizenship when you apply for another.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2016
#53
To get a US passport, you don't necessarily need your birth certificate, in fact. You can bring a
underahedgerow
Jan 2016
#71
It just shows that some folks will jump in the muck the moment they get the chance to slime...
TipTok
Jan 2016
#80
Yep. Until it is somehow established that the mother was not also an American citizen...
Orsino
Jan 2016
#15
You have to be a "natural born" citizen to serve as President or V-President
Jenny_92808
Jan 2016
#94
Well, if she applied for Canadian citizenship, she must have had a passport to get into Canada
anigbrowl
Jan 2016
#45
Canada also required five years of residence prior to becoming a citizen
SickOfTheOnePct
Jan 2016
#112
Well, if you can't accept what you read on Facebook as absolute fact, then
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2016
#2
It should not be too hard to verify when the mother and father converted to canadian citizenship
UCmeNdc
Jan 2016
#9
The quote from Cruz's father on that FB page doesn't say that his wife became a Canadian citizen.
WillowTree
Jan 2016
#4
That just says they were married. You don't need the same citizenship for that. nt
anigbrowl
Jan 2016
#46
Oh.......I didn't realize that it was posted on facebook. It must be true then!
WillowTree
Jan 2016
#130
Or did she give up her US Citizenship and become a Naturalized Canadian Citizen?
UCmeNdc
Jan 2016
#10
You have to formally renounce your US citizenship. It does not automatically go away
jeff47
Jan 2016
#20
I've heard legal scholars, including Lawrence Tribe, say that natural born means born on the land.
Zen Democrat
Jan 2016
#129
Yes he did. Its images have been on the internets for several years now.
underahedgerow
Jan 2016
#59
Both parents applied for and received Canadian citizenship under Canadian Naturalization laws
UCmeNdc
Jan 2016
#65
Good article, but it's not incumbent on any of us to prove the negative.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2016
#54
The constitution states natural born citizens. Funny how republicans can read the 2nd amendment
B Calm
Jan 2016
#62
Cruz's renunciation of Canadian citizenship became official 1 year & 7 months ago
403Forbidden
Jan 2016
#121
is that 196X entry (in bold) where cruz's parent applied for and received Canadian citizenship in
DrDan
Jan 2016
#68
Not if she asked to be a Canadian Citizen and Canada said she must give up her US Citizenship
UCmeNdc
Jan 2016
#81
I have yet to see where anyone said she applied - only that her name appears on some list
DrDan
Jan 2016
#85
Next I'm expecting them to try to claim that some rethug candidate was born via cesarean.
X_Digger
Jan 2016
#119