Senator Ted Cruz Can Not Run for President
Because He Is Not a U.S. Citizen
After Senator Ted Cruz
announced his 2016 White House run questions have been brought up about his
citizenship and eligibility. Conspiracy theorists say because he was born in
Canada, he is not a "Natural Born American."
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Determination: Most Likely a Hoax
Ted
Cruz announced his run for the Oval Office on March 23, 2015.
Later that day real estate mogul
Donald Trump publicly questioned the Texas Senator's eligibility to become
president. This according to March 23, 2015
article by CBS News. Trump told CBS, "Well he’s got, you know, a hurdle that
nobody else seems to have at this moment.” Trump added, “It’s a hurdle and
somebody could certainly look at it very seriously. He was born in Canada … if
you know … and when we all studied our history lessons … you’re supposed to be
born in this country, so I just don’t know how the courts would rule on it."
Cruz was born in Alberta Canada to an American mother and a Cuban father. He
held dual citizenship until 2014, when he renounced his Canadian citizenship.
The U.S. Constitution states that only a "natural born American" may serve as
President but it does not define the term. The United States Code defines what
constitutes as an American citizen.
According to the United States Code, Cruz would be an American citizen if he
meets certain criteria, most likely in item D (highlighted below in
red) of the
Title 8
- Section 1401:
The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United
States at birth:
(a)a
person born in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof;
(b)a
person born in the United States to a member of an Indian,
Eskimo, Aleutian, or other aboriginal tribe: Provided, That the
granting of citizenship under this subsection shall not in any
manner impair or otherwise affect the right of such person to
tribal or other property;
(c)a
person born outside of the United States and its outlying
possessions of parents both of whom are citizens of the United
States and one of whom has had a residence in the United States
or one of its outlying possessions, prior to the birth of such
person;
(d)a
person born outside of the United States and its outlying
possessions of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United
States who has been physically present in the United States or
one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one
year prior to the birth of such person, and the other of whom is
a national, but not a citizen of the United States;
(e)a
person born in an outlying possession of the United States of
parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has
been physically present in the United States or one of its
outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year at any
time prior to the birth of such person;
(f)a
person of unknown parentage found in the United States while
under the age of five years, until shown, prior to his attaining
the age of twenty-one years, not to have been born in the United
States;
(g)a
person born outside the geographical limits of the United States
and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien,
and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the
birth of such person, was physically present in the United
States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods
totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were
after attaining the age of fourteen years: Provided, That any
periods of honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United
States, or periods of employment with the United States
Government or with an international organization as that term is
defined in section288of
title22by
such citizen parent, or any periods during which such citizen
parent is physically present abroad as the dependent unmarried
son or daughter and a member of the household of a person
(A)honorably
serving with the Armed Forces of the United
States, or
(B)employed
by the United States Government or an
international organization as defined in section288of
title22,
may be included in order to satisfy the
physical-presence requirement of this paragraph.
This proviso shall be applicable to persons born
on or after December 24, 1952, to the same
extent as if it had become effective in its
present form on that date; and
(h)a
person born before noon (Eastern Standard Time) May 24, 1934,
outside the limits and jurisdiction of the United States of an
alien father and a mother who is a citizen of the United States
who, prior to the birth of such person, had resided in the
United States.
Here are the facts that we have
gathered in our investigation:
The
Senator's father, Rafael Bienvenido Cruz, emigrated to the U.S. from Cuba in
1957.
The Senator's mother, Eleanor
Elizabeth Darragh Wilson, was born in Wilmington, Delaware.
The Senator's parents worked in the oil industry in Calgary, Alberta when Ted
was born December 22, 1970.
The
Senator's birth certificate was released to the
Dallas Morning News on August 18, 2013.
Cruz is not the first Presidential candidate to run for office who was not born
in the U.S. Recently, in 2008 Senator John McCain ran on the GOP ticket. He was
born in the Panama Canal Zone, where his parents were stationed by the U.S.
Navy.
The iRumorMill.com crew has
contacted the office of Senator Cruz for an official statement and we will post
findings here when we get them.
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