And US law should determine Canadian citizenship status? Cruz was born in Canada, not the US.
His father was Cuban, his mother a US citizen. Canada, Cuba, and the US could all make claim.
The top of the thread shows the law declaring Cruz a natural born citizen of Canada. The US could claim Cruz is in a class collectively naturalized. I haven’t investigated the laws of Cuba.
What is clear is that Cruz is not a natural born citizen of the US. Without statute he wouldn’t be a citizen at all.
No.
His father was Cuban, his mother a US citizen. Canada, Cuba, and the US could all make claim.
No claim other than the US's is relevant.
What is clear is that Cruz is not a natural born citizen of the US. Without statute he wouldn’t be a citizen at all.
The statute defines who is a US citizen at birth. To claim that he would not be a citizen without that statute -- and that there is some class of "naturals" who would be -- is to assume a definition that is not in the law or the Constitution. You can invoke natural law, and so can anyone, on anything; Nature hasn't handed down any statutes.