Cruz is not elegilble for president

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/08/ted-cruz-mother-birth-certificate/

Born in another country.

By Cruz's own logic, he is a Cuban natural born citizen, right?

travel.state.gov > Legal Considerations > U.S. Citizenship Laws & Policy > Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship by a Child Born Abroad

Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship by a Child Born Abroad
Birth Abroad to Two U.S. Citizen Parents in Wedlock

A child born abroad to two U.S. citizen parents acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under section 301(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provided that one of the parents had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions prior to the child’s birth. The child is considered to be born in wedlock for the purposes of citizenship acquisition when the genetic and/or gestational parents are legally married to each other at the time of the child’s birth and both parents are the legal parents of the child under local law at the time and place of birth.
Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock
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Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock

A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) of the INA provided the U.S. citizen parent was physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen, is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen, is required for physical presence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.) The U.S. citizen parent must be the genetic or the gestational parent and the legal parent of the child under local law at the time and place of the child’s birth to transmit U.S. citizenship.
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In my, and others opinion, a Natural Born Citizen is a person born of two parents who are citizens, however, this has not been settled in the judiciary as the courts have not allowed/recognized "standing".

Cruz is a "Citizen", as it appears at least his his mother met the requirements above, but was his father a US citizen at the time of Ted's birth? The question arises again as to whether there is a difference between a Citizen and a "Natural Born Citizen".

If Barack Obama was born in Hawaii, he is at least a Citizen, but is he a Natural Born Citizen? IF, he was born outside the country, his mother was not qualified to convey US citizenship at the time of his birth under "For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen, is required for physical presence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child."; as, she was born Nov. 29, 1942, and five years after age fourteen would be Nov. 29, 1961. Barack Hussein Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961. His father was not a US citizen, he was a British subject in 1961. IF Barack Obama was born in Kenya to his British father and his unqualified US citizen mother, Barack Hussein Obama is a British citizen.

http://travel.state.gov/content/tra...s-policies/citizenship-child-born-abroad.html

redhawk44, you have 27 posts in 7 years. Man, you need to slow it down a notch.

color of law said:

redhawk44, you have 27 posts in 7 years. Man, you need to slow it down a notch.

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I have been married 47 years to the same woman, I know when to keep my mouth shut.

redhawk44 said:

I have been married 47 years to the same woman, I know when to keep my mouth shut.

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40 years to the same woman for me. I don't always take my own advise. My dog house is nicely furnished.

This is not France ... to be naturalized you have to be born on US soil. Why else did/does the military transport American servicemen's wifes back to the US to be born on US soil?

In view of the national disgrace of a 2 term President Barack Obama who apparently no one really can substantiate where he was actually born or even who his parents REALLY WERE.....I will PROUDLY cast my vote in Colorado for Ted Cruz to be the next President of the United States ...if he is the GOP nominee......even though he is not a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN of the United States.

Birthers don't understand irony due too the same condition that make them birthers. It's not a choice.

beebobby said:

Birthers don't understand irony due too the same condition that make them birthers. It's not a choice.

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I think it is a choice.

We just celebrated 36 years of happy marriage. 30 for her, 6 for me. The first six!

My doghouse is a 29-foot motor home. Flat screen, surround sound, heat, a/c, fridge. No problem!

hafnhaf said:

We just celebrated 36 years of happy marriage. 30 for her, 6 for me. The first six!

My doghouse is a 29-foot motor home. Flat screen, surround sound, heat, a/c, fridge. No problem!

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Luckily your license is only good in one state !

Nice doghouse ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...84a7d0-b7af-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html


Short analysis ... correct conclusion - Cruz not eligible

I think he's Cuban.

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This is not France ... to be naturalized you have to be born on US soil. Why else did/does the military transport American servicemen's wifes back to the US to be born on US soil?

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I dunno, but I'm fairly sure the military did NOT transport my wife back to the continental USA in order for her to be born on US soil. If I recall, her birth preceded that by twenty-some odd years.

Let me be clear: I am not a so-called birther. I am a legal historian. President Obama is without question eligible for the office he serves. The distinction between the president and Cruz is simple: The president was born within the United States, and the senator was born outside of it. That is a distinction with a difference.

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Yeah.... that right there

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This is not France ... to be naturalized you have to be born on US soil. Why else did/does the military transport American servicemen's wifes back to the US to be born on US soil?

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Forum rules would dictate you cite to authority on both accounts, having to be born here regardless of parental citizenship and on the military policy to transport wives back. Doubt you can find either, let alone both.

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Forum rules would dictate you cite to authority on both accounts, having to be born here regardless of parental citizenship and on the military policy to transport wives back. Doubt you can find either, let alone both.

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That rule is not mandatory and I assume that everyone here has read the constitution and have knowledge of the military shipping wifes back to give birth.

Google is your friend ... and the links I have provided show the constitutional issue. Hence, incorporated into the post.

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...I assume that everyone here has ... knowledge of the military shipping wives back to give birth...

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I'm a third generation veteran. I'd never heard of it.

Here as well, although I'm the first ground-pounder in a long line of swabbies. The only time I've heard of it happening lately was in a movie with Cary Grant, "I was a Male War Bride", I think. It is the story of French Army officer Henri Rochard (Grant) who must pass as a war bride in order to go back to the United States with Women's Army Corps officer Catherine Gates (Sheridan). The film is noted as being a low key screwball comedy with a famous final sequence featuring Cary Grant impersonating a female Army nurse.

I was Infantry for 6 years. My father was MI for 25 years. My Grandfather was Air Force for 35 years. My other grandfather was navy for 5. That's immediate family. Doesn't count all my relatives that have been in the military.
I've never heard of any branch flying somebody's wife home to give birth. My sister was born in Stuttgart where we lived for three years when I was a kid.

davidmcbeth said:

That rule is not mandatory ...

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You, Sir, are a ingrate...google is indeed your friend.

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This is not France ... to be naturalized you have to be born on US soil.

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Nope. Natural born means to be a citizen from birth. Prior to the 13th and 14th amendments, even many who were born here were not considered "natural born citizens". And one reading of the 14th amendment supports the view that children born to illegal aliens are not entitled to US Citizenship.

Wiki discusses the issue in some detail.



Furthermore, the issue of natural born citizens born abroad being eligible for the Presidency was pretty well resolved in 1967 during George Romney's presidential bid.

Questions were occasionally asked about Romney's eligibility to hold the office of President due to his birth in Mexico, given the ambiguity in the United States Constitution over the phrase "natural-born citizen".[2][3] His Mormon paternal grandfather and his three wives had fled to Mexico in 1886, but none of them ever relinquished U.S. citizenship. Romney's parents chose U.S. citizenship for their children, including George.[4] The family fled Mexico and came to the United States in 1912 during the Mexican Revolution.
By February 1967, some newspapers were questioning Romney's eligibility given his Mexican birth.[5] In May 1967, the Democratic chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Emanuel Celler, said he had "serious doubts" about whether Romney was eligible, but had no plans to formally challenge the matter.[2] Another member of Congress made a case against Romney the following month.[5] In response, the New York Law Journal published an article by a senior attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell arguing that Romney was, in fact, eligible.[5] The Congressional Research Service also came down on Romney's side,[5] as did most other constitutional experts at the time.[2]
During the campaign, Romney was generally considered a viable and legal candidate for United States president. He departed the race before the matter could be more definitively resolved,[3] although the preponderance of opinion since then has been that he was eligible.[6]
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(Original on Wiki has footnotes with sources for material claims.)

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Why else did/does the military transport American servicemen's wifes back to the US to be born on US soil?

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I've never heard of such a thing except where complications were expected and better medical facilities were available in the US. Indeed, a google search reveals that it is common for dependents deployed overseas with military (or diplomatic) spouses to give birth without returning to the US. See this article for a first person account. There is a reason the form FS-240, or Consular Report of a Birth Abroad, exists.

Quite simply, you are wrong, and have failed to provide any meaningful citation to back up your position.

Charles