The question is natural born citizenship— this has never been defined by the courts. Does it come from the mother, the father, or do both parents have to be citizens? Furthermore, there is the possibility that Cruz’s mother was in the process of getting Canadian citizenship at the time for tax purposes. Lastly, Cruz was a dual citizen up until last year, until he dropped it after the natural born spectre raised its head.
It is not as clear cut as Cruz’s backers want people to believe.
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Both parents need to be U.S. citizens for the child to be a natural born citizen. Cruz is in for a battle on this one...it doesn’t look good.
Yup, I know a lot of mixed American-Filipinos in the Philippines who aren’t US citizens.
So why is Obama a natural born citizen? His daddy was not a citizen.