Heidi Cruz: ‘Ted Is an Immigrant’

Source: Breitbart
Published: May 1, 2016
Author: Patrick Howley
Post Date: 2016-05-01 07:24:34 by cranky
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Heidi Cruz said on the Indiana campaign trail Saturday that her husband Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) “is an immigrant.”

“Ted is an immigrant. He is Hispanic,” Heidi Cruz said of her Texas senator husband, an American citizen who renounced his Canadian citizenship though he was born north of the border. “He can unify this party.”

“We have libertarians joining our cause. I have people every day from the Democrat Party telling me that they re-registered to vote for Ted as a Republican. Because they understand what he stands for, and he represents America.”

As of press time, it is unclear whether Heidi meant to say that Ted Cruz is the son of an immigrant father, or whether her line was a Freudian slip referring to the fact that Ted Cruz was born in Canada.

Cruz moved to the United States as a toddler in 1974 after being born in Canada in December, 1970.

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#1: tomder55    To: cranky (#0)

clearly she is not familiar with American naturalization laws which state that an American born outside the country to an American parent is an American citizen.

tomder55 posted on 2016-05-01 09:49:43   Reply   Private Reply

#2: A K A Stone    To: tomder55 (#1)

If your naturalized your not natural born.

A K A Stone posted on 2016-05-01 10:33:24   Reply   Private Reply

#3: nolu chan    To: A K A Stone, tomder55 (#2)

If your naturalized your not natural born.

While your assertion is correct as stated, it does not apply to Ted Cruz.

The only people eligible for naturalization are aliens, lawfully present in the United States. Of necessity, Federal law must define who are citizens and who are aliens. By elimination, defining all of one also defines the other.

Persons born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States at birth.

Persons born outside the United States are citizens of the United States if they meet the requirements of Federal law in force at the time of their birth. Cruz met such requirements and became a United States citizen at birth. Cruz has never been eligible, at any time, for naturalization. He has never been an alien as viewed by U.S. law.

No foreign law carries any weight, or receives any consideration, regarding a U.S. determination of U.S. citizenship. Whether Canada considered him a citizen of that country or not is irrelevant.

nolu chan posted on 2016-05-01 11:30:28   Reply   Private Reply