While Cruz did not meet the "birthright citizenship" clause of the 14th Amendment by being born in Canada, his mother was born in Delaware and under the
McCarran-Walter Act of 1952, that made him a citizen:
Furthermore the Naturalization Act of 1799 said this:
"
And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens: Provided, that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States…"
Also, in 2011, the Congressional Research Office put together a
report stating:
"The weight of legal and historical authority indicates that the term
“natural born” citizen would mean a person who is entitled to U.S. citizenship “by birth” or “at birth,” either by being born “in” the United States and under its jurisdiction, even those born to alien parents;
by being born abroad to U.S. citizen-parents; or by being born in other situations meeting legal requirements for U.S. citizenship “at birth.” Such term, however, would not include a person who was not a U.S. citizen by birth or at birth, and who was thus born an “alien” required to go through the legal process of “naturalization” to become a U.S. citizen."
So Alan Greyson has no case. He makes the usual fool of himself as always. And any Liberal birthers here should look inwards before castigating anyone else about their US citizenship.
