Does Ted Cruz have Dual Citizenship?

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I've heard that this was true on another website. I don't know how accurate it is but his mother was canadian and he had, at one time, canadian as well as American citizenship. Is this true?

LOL- considering there have been like 6 or 7 threads here at USMB on Teddie's Canadian roots....of course you just heard about it on another website.....

Cruz said he gave up his Canadian citizenship- we have no proof of that, but legally it is irrelevant when it comes to the Presidential race.
 
Granny say if he do...

... den mebbe if he comes in 2nd place...

... dey can make him President o' Canada.
 
The great irony is that Raphael (Ted) Cruz, the Cubnadian performance artist, touts himself as a "Constitutional Originalist"...which would make him ineligible. :lol:

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Constitutional Cruz Control

From what I see in your link, the author is making assumptions. That's the problem with lawyers and regressives, they try to split hairs and play semantics games when plain language would better serve the situation.
 
The great irony is that Raphael (Ted) Cruz, the Cubnadian performance artist, touts himself as a "Constitutional Originalist"...which would make him ineligible. :lol:

:link::link::link:

Constitutional Cruz Control

From what I see in your link, the author is making assumptions. That's the problem with lawyers and regressives, they try to split hairs and play semantics games when plain language would better serve the situation.


Funny how Republicans made such an issue over Obama's eligibility (and Obama was born in the United States - even is his mother had been from Mars, the fact he was born in the US settled the matter) and now they are glossing over the glaring fact that Cruz wasn't even born in the United States. I'm sure that enough interest in the truth will be generated to cause Ted Cruz plenty of angst.......Karma is a *****.
 
Here's a link that says when Cruz finally got rid of his Canadian citizenship.....

It's official: Ted Cruz a citizen of the U.S. - and the U.S. only - CNNPolitics.com

Yes, Cruz did have dual citizenship, but according to what he told CNN, he thought that because he hadn't lived in Canada since he was 4, he never really thought much about it. It was only when it came up when he was looking into running for president that he found out he actually was a dual citizen, and then took steps to get rid of his Canadian citizenship, and became a full US citizen.

OK, but would that make him a natural born citizen? From the way I understand it natural born and being a citizen are two different things.
He could have been born in Soviet Russia, and, so long as one of his parents was a US citizen, he became one, too, at the moment of his birth.
 
Here's a link that says when Cruz finally got rid of his Canadian citizenship.....

It's official: Ted Cruz a citizen of the U.S. - and the U.S. only - CNNPolitics.com

Yes, Cruz did have dual citizenship, but according to what he told CNN, he thought that because he hadn't lived in Canada since he was 4, he never really thought much about it. It was only when it came up when he was looking into running for president that he found out he actually was a dual citizen, and then took steps to get rid of his Canadian citizenship, and became a full US citizen.

OK, but would that make him a natural born citizen? From the way I understand it natural born and being a citizen are two different things.

My opinion is that it will come down to that since he didn't have to go through the naturalization process to become a citizen then he is natural born. Besides this requirement was to keep British subjects from running for office.
 
Ted Cruz held dual citizenship all the way up until 2013 when he started to think about running for president.

And, as long as Donald the Chump keeps bringing this up, it's gonna start to wear on him, and he's going to have to do something to get this story off his ass.
Constitutional scholar Cruz claim he never realized he had dual citizenship
 
Ted Cruz held dual citizenship all the way up until 2013 when he started to think about running for president.

And, as long as Donald the Chump keeps bringing this up, it's gonna start to wear on him, and he's going to have to do something to get this story off his ass.
Constitutional scholar Cruz claim he never realized he had dual citizenship
A little white lie...

Smaller than Shrillary's flirtation with Stolen Valor, when she told us she came under sniper fire in a hot LZ in the Balkans War, eh?
 
The great irony is that Raphael (Ted) Cruz, the Cubnadian performance artist, touts himself as a "Constitutional Originalist"...which would make him ineligible. :lol:

:link::link::link:

Constitutional Cruz Control

From what I see in your link, the author is making assumptions. That's the problem with lawyers and regressives, they try to split hairs and play semantics games when plain language would better serve the situation.


Funny how Republicans made such an issue over Obama's eligibility (and Obama was born in the United States - even is his mother had been from Mars, the fact he was born in the US settled the matter) and now they are glossing over the glaring fact that Cruz wasn't even born in the United States. I'm sure that enough interest in the truth will be generated to cause Ted Cruz plenty of angst.......Karma is a *****.


What Republicans? very few actually, but you live in a bubble. You and reality are unacquainted:uhoh3:
 
Ted Cruz held dual citizenship all the way up until 2013 when he started to think about running for president.

And, as long as Donald the Chump keeps bringing this up, it's gonna start to wear on him, and he's going to have to do something to get this story off his ass.
Constitutional scholar Cruz claim he never realized he had dual citizenship


That's the constitution of the United States, not Canada:slap:
 
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Here's a link that says when Cruz finally got rid of his Canadian citizenship.....

It's official: Ted Cruz a citizen of the U.S. - and the U.S. only - CNNPolitics.com

Yes, Cruz did have dual citizenship, but according to what he told CNN, he thought that because he hadn't lived in Canada since he was 4, he never really thought much about it. It was only when it came up when he was looking into running for president that he found out he actually was a dual citizen, and then took steps to get rid of his Canadian citizenship, and became a full US citizen.

OK, but would that make him a natural born citizen? From the way I understand it natural born and being a citizen are two different things.

One of his parents was American, which means when he was born, he was born American.
 
The great irony is that Raphael (Ted) Cruz, the Cubnadian performance artist, touts himself as a "Constitutional Originalist"...which would make him ineligible. :lol:

:link::link::link:

Constitutional Cruz Control

From what I see in your link, the author is making assumptions. That's the problem with lawyers and regressives, they try to split hairs and play semantics games when plain language would better serve the situation.


Funny how Republicans made such an issue over Obama's eligibility (and Obama was born in the United States - even is his mother had been from Mars, the fact he was born in the US settled the matter) and now they are glossing over the glaring fact that Cruz wasn't even born in the United States. I'm sure that enough interest in the truth will be generated to cause Ted Cruz plenty of angst.......Karma is a *****.

Funny how you've ignored what I've said on the subject.
 
The great irony is that Raphael (Ted) Cruz, the Cubnadian performance artist, touts himself as a "Constitutional Originalist"...which would make him ineligible. :lol:

:link::link::link:

Constitutional Cruz Control

From what I see in your link, the author is making assumptions. That's the problem with lawyers and regressives, they try to split hairs and play semantics games when plain language would better serve the situation.


Funny how Republicans made such an issue over Obama's eligibility (and Obama was born in the United States - even is his mother had been from Mars, the fact he was born in the US settled the matter) and now they are glossing over the glaring fact that Cruz wasn't even born in the United States. I'm sure that enough interest in the truth will be generated to cause Ted Cruz plenty of angst.......Karma is a *****.

Funny how you've ignored what I've said on the subject.

What did you say? That there is no discussion? That Ted Cruz is a citizen because he was born one? Cruz wasn't born in the US and there is sufficient doubt that he may not be eligible since he kept his Canadian citizenship until just recently. Someone has filed a suit against him, so I guess we'll soon find out.

Your previous statement:

According to the Constitution there are only two ways to become a citizen, be born one, which Cruz was, or be a naturalized citizen.

In fact, Teddy may be in some more serious trouble, since he didn't reveal that he had Canadian citizenship when he ran for the Senate....which is considered a fraud. Not to mention the fact that he and his wife also didn't disclose a big fat loan they got to fund his campaign, required by the Federal Election Committee. It may not cause him more trouble but it sure exposes Ted Cruz as a fraud and a liar.



In short, Sen. Ted Cruz was a legal citizen of Canada when he ran for and became a U.S. Senator, without ever having disclosed his Canadian citizenship to Texas voters, which under both Texas and U.S. Election law, is an act of fraud. Ted Cruz had committed election fraud by failing to disclose to Texas voters that he was a Canadian citizen in 2012.
By having retained his Canadian citizenship until 2014 means that he “could” have voted in Canada and ran for the Canadian Parliament at the same time he was in the U.S. Senate. This eligibility issue is showing a lack of integrity on the part of Cruz.

Cruz Says 'If Obama Can Do It, So Can I' - Dr. Rich Swier


The Federal Election Committee requires candidates to disclose loans that are used to fund their campaigns, in order to increase transparency and ensure that candidates aren’t getting sweetheart rates from banks. Cruz did not disclose the loans, one of which came from his wife’s employer—Goldman Sachs.
Cruz Didn’t Disclose up to $1 Million in Senate Campaign Loans From Goldman Sachs, Citibank
 
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From what I see in your link, the author is making assumptions. That's the problem with lawyers and regressives, they try to split hairs and play semantics games when plain language would better serve the situation.


Funny how Republicans made such an issue over Obama's eligibility (and Obama was born in the United States - even is his mother had been from Mars, the fact he was born in the US settled the matter) and now they are glossing over the glaring fact that Cruz wasn't even born in the United States. I'm sure that enough interest in the truth will be generated to cause Ted Cruz plenty of angst.......Karma is a *****.

Funny how you've ignored what I've said on the subject.

What did you say? That there is no discussion? That Ted Cruz is a citizen because he was born one? Cruz wasn't born in the US and there is sufficient doubt that he may not be eligible since he kept his Canadian citizenship until just recently. Someone has filed a suit against him, so I guess we'll soon find out.

Your previous statement:

According to the Constitution there are only two ways to become a citizen, be born one, which Cruz was, or be a naturalized citizen.

In fact, Teddy may be in some more serious trouble, since he didn't reveal that he had Canadian citizenship when he ran for the Senate....which is considered a fraud. Not to mention the fact that he and his wife also didn't disclose a big fat loan they got to fund his campaign, required by the Federal Election Committee. It may not cause him more trouble but it sure exposes Ted Cruz as a fraud and a liar.



In short, Sen. Ted Cruz was a legal citizen of Canada when he ran for and became a U.S. Senator, without ever having disclosed his Canadian citizenship to Texas voters, which under both Texas and U.S. Election law, is an act of fraud. Ted Cruz had committed election fraud by failing to disclose to Texas voters that he was a Canadian citizen in 2012.
By having retained his Canadian citizenship until 2014 means that he “could” have voted in Canada and ran for the Canadian Parliament at the same time he was in the U.S. Senate. This eligibility issue is showing a lack of integrity on the part of Cruz.

Cruz Says 'If Obama Can Do It, So Can I' - Dr. Rich Swier


The Federal Election Committee requires candidates to disclose loans that are used to fund their campaigns, in order to increase transparency and ensure that candidates aren’t getting sweetheart rates from banks. Cruz did not disclose the loans, one of which came from his wife’s employer—Goldman Sachs.
Cruz Didn’t Disclose up to $1 Million in Senate Campaign Loans From Goldman Sachs, Citibank

The suit will be dismissed for lack of standing, just like the ones on your dear leader. Otherwise feel free to keep grasping for those straws, you might get lucky.
 
Here's a link that says when Cruz finally got rid of his Canadian citizenship.....

It's official: Ted Cruz a citizen of the U.S. - and the U.S. only - CNNPolitics.com

Yes, Cruz did have dual citizenship, but according to what he told CNN, he thought that because he hadn't lived in Canada since he was 4, he never really thought much about it. It was only when it came up when he was looking into running for president that he found out he actually was a dual citizen, and then took steps to get rid of his Canadian citizenship, and became a full US citizen.

OK, but would that make him a natural born citizen? From the way I understand it natural born and being a citizen are two different things.
He could have been born in Soviet Russia, and, so long as one of his parents was a US citizen, he became one, too, at the moment of his birth.

Not really. There are some glaring facts that Republican/conservatives are now willing to overlook......when not so long ago they were so eager to find something, anything to help them make Obama ineligible.

Ted Cruz's mother obtained a Canadian citizenship....which requires an oath of allegiance. That may have disqualified her to keep her American citizenship.


An earlier report published by Breitbart showed that both of Cruz's parents were listed on a Canadian federal voter list from 1974. Since only Canadian citizens are permitted to vote in federal elections there, the presence of Cruz's parents' names on the list raises the possibility that they may have been Canadian citizens at one time.

And because becoming a Canadian citizen requires an oath of allegiance—and Section 349 of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act stipulates that American citizens who swear allegiance to another country may lose their American citizenship—it seems possible that Cruz's mother may have lost her American citizenship. This would mean that Cruz was not a U.S. citizen at the time of his birth and is therefore ineligible to become president.
http://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-mother-birth-certificate-us-united-states-citizen-413530
 
Here's a link that says when Cruz finally got rid of his Canadian citizenship.....

It's official: Ted Cruz a citizen of the U.S. - and the U.S. only - CNNPolitics.com

Yes, Cruz did have dual citizenship, but according to what he told CNN, he thought that because he hadn't lived in Canada since he was 4, he never really thought much about it. It was only when it came up when he was looking into running for president that he found out he actually was a dual citizen, and then took steps to get rid of his Canadian citizenship, and became a full US citizen.

OK, but would that make him a natural born citizen? From the way I understand it natural born and being a citizen are two different things.

One of his parents was American, which means when he was born, he was born American.
He's an American, but is he a natural born American? The SC has never defined that. An American President, born in Canada? Hmmm, seems we might have a problem after all...
 

From what I see in your link, the author is making assumptions. That's the problem with lawyers and regressives, they try to split hairs and play semantics games when plain language would better serve the situation.


Funny how Republicans made such an issue over Obama's eligibility (and Obama was born in the United States - even is his mother had been from Mars, the fact he was born in the US settled the matter) and now they are glossing over the glaring fact that Cruz wasn't even born in the United States. I'm sure that enough interest in the truth will be generated to cause Ted Cruz plenty of angst.......Karma is a *****.

Funny how you've ignored what I've said on the subject.

What did you say? That there is no discussion? That Ted Cruz is a citizen because he was born one? Cruz wasn't born in the US and there is sufficient doubt that he may not be eligible since he kept his Canadian citizenship until just recently. Someone has filed a suit against him, so I guess we'll soon find out.

Your previous statement:

According to the Constitution there are only two ways to become a citizen, be born one, which Cruz was, or be a naturalized citizen.

In fact, Teddy may be in some more serious trouble, since he didn't reveal that he had Canadian citizenship when he ran for the Senate....which is considered a fraud. Not to mention the fact that he and his wife also didn't disclose a big fat loan they got to fund his campaign, required by the Federal Election Committee. It may not cause him more trouble but it sure exposes Ted Cruz as a fraud and a liar.



In short, Sen. Ted Cruz was a legal citizen of Canada when he ran for and became a U.S. Senator, without ever having disclosed his Canadian citizenship to Texas voters, which under both Texas and U.S. Election law, is an act of fraud. Ted Cruz had committed election fraud by failing to disclose to Texas voters that he was a Canadian citizen in 2012.
By having retained his Canadian citizenship until 2014 means that he “could” have voted in Canada and ran for the Canadian Parliament at the same time he was in the U.S. Senate. This eligibility issue is showing a lack of integrity on the part of Cruz.

Cruz Says 'If Obama Can Do It, So Can I' - Dr. Rich Swier


The Federal Election Committee requires candidates to disclose loans that are used to fund their campaigns, in order to increase transparency and ensure that candidates aren’t getting sweetheart rates from banks. Cruz did not disclose the loans, one of which came from his wife’s employer—Goldman Sachs.
Cruz Didn’t Disclose up to $1 Million in Senate Campaign Loans From Goldman Sachs, Citibank

The suit will be dismissed for lack of standing, just like the ones on your dear leader. Otherwise feel free to keep grasping for those straws, you might get lucky.

The claims against Obama were always bogus........that's why you all resorted to the lie that he was born in Kenya. It's not looking that clear for Teddy, and these aren't "straws".
The fact that Teddy's mother obtained Canadian citizenship may have disqualified her as an American citizen...but keep holding on to your dream....if it gives you warm fuzzies.

And because becoming a Canadian citizen requires an oath of allegiance—and Section 349 of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act stipulates that American citizens who swear allegiance to another country may lose their American citizenship—it seems possible that Cruz's mother may have lost her American citizenship. This would mean that Cruz was not a U.S. citizen at the time of his birth and is therefore ineligible to become president.
http://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-mother-birth-certificate-us-united-states-citizen-413530
 

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