I like Ted Cruz.. I really Do!
....but in this extremely volatile dangerous world can we afford any controversy when it comes to choosing our NEXT President? We cannot afford the controversy of the Obama Citizenship issue in our ranks. We need a total true focus on winning without any distractions
Here is the Cruz Citizenship Timeline (documented)
This is an authenticated timeline of known facts concerning the citizenship of Senator Ted Cruz.
I like Ted Cruz,
I have been doing some detailed research and some gut wrenching soul
searching and I have come to the conclusion that Ted Cruz is ineligible
to be President or Vice President.Sure there are many scholars who have argued that Cruz like Obama are both "Natural Born Citizens" but read the post and tell me why I am wrong?
I really like Cruz and wanted him to be Donald Trump's VP and then go on to be the President 8 years from 2016 but I cannot in good conscience endorse him after the research I have done. Ted Cruz is a great American who would be a great VP to Trump and President in the future, but if I am to be consistent I cannot support Cruz in those two positions. I do this with a heavy heart, but the Constitution trumps my emotions.
FACTUAL CRUZ CITIZENSHIP TIMELINE
(Everything presented in this timeline is a matter of public record.
All of it is based upon publicly reported events, public statements made by
Rafael Cruz, Ted Cruz, officials with the Elect Ted movement or US
and Canadian officials."
1957 - After working
as a teen to help Fidel Castro gain power in Cuba, and being imprisoned for his
actions by the Batista regime, Cuban Rafael Cruz applies for admittance
to the University of Texas as a foreign student and enters
the US on a four year student visa to attend four years of college. He is a
Cuban citizen attending a US college on a student visa obtained through the US
Consulate in Havana.
1961 – 1962 After graduating college at
the University of Texas, and upon the expiration of his student visa, Cruz Sr.
applied for and received “political asylum” and was issued a “green card”. A green card is a permit to
reside and work in the United States, without becoming a
“citizen” of the United States, in this case, under
political asylum from Castro’s Cuba. His citizenship status was that of a Cuban
national living and working in the United States, under a green card work
permit. According to US laws, the “green card” holder must maintain permanent
resident status, and can be removed from the United States if certain
conditions of this status are not met.
1964-1966 Cruz Sr.
takes a few odd jobs, marries and moves
to Canada to work in the oil fields. The Cruz family resides in Canada for the
next eight years. “I worked in Canada for eight years,” Rafael Cruz says.
“And while I was in Canada, I became a Canadian citizen.” – (From an
interview with NPR )
1970 - Ted Cruz is born in Canada, to two parents who had lived in Canada for at least four years at that time, and had applied for and received Canadian citizenship under Canadian Immigration and Naturalization Laws, as stated by Rafael Cruz. As a result, US statutes would have voided the prior “green card” status which requires among other things, permanent residency within the United States and obviously, not becoming a citizen of another country during the time frame of the US green card.
1970 - Ted Cruz is born in Canada, to two parents who had lived in Canada for at least four years at that time, and had applied for and received Canadian citizenship under Canadian Immigration and Naturalization Laws, as stated by Rafael Cruz. As a result, US statutes would have voided the prior “green card” status which requires among other things, permanent residency within the United States and obviously, not becoming a citizen of another country during the time frame of the US green card.
1974 The Cruz family moves to the United States
when Ted is approximately four years old. Rafael Cruz has publicly stated that
he remained a citizen of Canada until he renounced his Canadian citizenship
when he applied for and became a US Naturalized citizen in 2005. As a result,
his wife and son were also Canadian citizens, his son being born a citizen of
Canada in 1970.
2005 - Rafael Cruz applies for legal
US citizenship and renounces his Canadian citizenship. No record of Ted
renouncing his Canadian citizenship or applying for US citizenship exists as of
2005
2013 Freshman Senator
Ted Cruz is a rising star in the Tea Party movement, and calls
for him to run for the White House begin. in July,
Ted Cruz is questioned by the press about his interest in running for President, and
the issue of his Canadian born citizenship is brought up
August 2013 As Ted’s political stock rises , so do press
questions about his eligibility for office. Ted decides to
quiet the questions by releasing his birth certificate, which now becomes absolute proof of
Ted’s Canadian citizenship at birth, 1970, Calgary. The release of the Canadian birth records only serve
to further fuel the controversy
Ted seeks legal counsel, as the media is now pressing members of
Canadian Immigration and Naturalization to clear the matter up, when
instead, Canadian officials confirm the Ted Cruz was in fact born a
legal citizen of Canada, the son of two parents who had also applied for
and received Canadian citizenship prior to Ted’s
birth.
Generally speaking, under the Citizenship Act of 1947, those born in Canada were automatically citizens at Birth unless their Parent was a foreign diplomat.
So Ted’s Legal counsel advises Ted to “renounce his Canadian citizenship” in order to make himself eligible to run for the Presidency. Of course, renouncing one’s original citizenship only further proves one’s original citizenship.
May 2014 Ted Cruz legal counsel files to renounce Ted’s Canadian citizenship in an effort to make him eligible to run for high office under the natural born Citizen clause Article 11 in the US Constitution.
Austin, TX Ted Cruz has
given up his citizenship from his birth country of Canada.
News that he had renounced his citizenship was
first reported by the Dallas Morning News. The newspaper also broke that
Cruz had dual Canadian- US Citizenship when he released his birth certificate in August.
However the
Constitution does not require that one be only an American citizen, but
rather a natural born Citizen.
SO
THE CONTROVERSY RAGES ON AS TO WHO IS A “NATURAL BORN CITIZEN” IF OBAMA IS NOT.. THEN TED CRUZ IS NOT!!
My
question remains .. CAN WE AFFORD THE DISTRACTION OF THE CONTROVERSY? AMERICA’S
POSITION IS SO PRECARIOUS THAT I PREFER A CLEAN PATH
This problem exists for Marco Rubio as well.
A “natural born Citizen” of the United States is a child born in the USA of two (2) U.S. Citizens. The parents can be Citizens by Birth or they can be Citizens by Naturalization after immigrating to the USA. But to create a “natural born Citizen” of the United States both parents must be Citizens at the time the child is born in the USA. See this legal reference book used by the founders and framers of our Constitution: Law of Nations or Principles of Natural Law, Vol.1 Chapter 19 Section 212, Emer de Vattel, 1758-1797. The overwhelming majority (probably 85%+) of citizens in the United States are natural born Citizens.
This clause was added for future presidents as a national security clause. It is from the group of natural born Citizens that our founders prescribed in the presidential eligibility clause in Clause 5, Section 1 of Article II of the U.S. Constitution that we shall choose a President and Commander in Chief of our military as a strong check against foreign influence via birth allegiances on the person in that singular and most powerful office. One needs all three citizenship legs to be a natural born Citizen and have sole allegiance and claim on you at birth to one and only one country — the United States: 1. Born in the USA. 2. Father must be a U.S. Citizen (born or naturalized). 3. Mother must be U.S. Citizen (born or naturalized). Like a three legged stool if you take away any of these three citizenship legs of the Article II constitutional intent and requirement to being a natural born Citizen, i.e., being born with unity of citizenship in and sole allegiance to the USA, the child is born with more than one country’s citizenship and claim of allegiance/citizenship on them at their birth and thus they are NOT a natural born Citizen of the United States. And as in the analogy of a stool designed to stand on three legs and it is missing a leg, it falls down, likewise the person’s claim to natural born Citizenship fails if the person does not have all three citizenship legs required to be a natural born Citizen at the time of their birth.
SO IF WE AS CONSERVATIVES ARE TO APPLY THE SAME STANDARD FOR ALL.. IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT I MUST CONCLUDE THAT TED CRUZ IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT. HE WOULD MAKE AN AWESOME ATTORNEY GENERAL.
This problem exists for Marco Rubio as well.
A “natural born Citizen” of the United States is a child born in the USA of two (2) U.S. Citizens. The parents can be Citizens by Birth or they can be Citizens by Naturalization after immigrating to the USA. But to create a “natural born Citizen” of the United States both parents must be Citizens at the time the child is born in the USA. See this legal reference book used by the founders and framers of our Constitution: Law of Nations or Principles of Natural Law, Vol.1 Chapter 19 Section 212, Emer de Vattel, 1758-1797. The overwhelming majority (probably 85%+) of citizens in the United States are natural born Citizens.
This clause was added for future presidents as a national security clause. It is from the group of natural born Citizens that our founders prescribed in the presidential eligibility clause in Clause 5, Section 1 of Article II of the U.S. Constitution that we shall choose a President and Commander in Chief of our military as a strong check against foreign influence via birth allegiances on the person in that singular and most powerful office. One needs all three citizenship legs to be a natural born Citizen and have sole allegiance and claim on you at birth to one and only one country — the United States: 1. Born in the USA. 2. Father must be a U.S. Citizen (born or naturalized). 3. Mother must be U.S. Citizen (born or naturalized). Like a three legged stool if you take away any of these three citizenship legs of the Article II constitutional intent and requirement to being a natural born Citizen, i.e., being born with unity of citizenship in and sole allegiance to the USA, the child is born with more than one country’s citizenship and claim of allegiance/citizenship on them at their birth and thus they are NOT a natural born Citizen of the United States. And as in the analogy of a stool designed to stand on three legs and it is missing a leg, it falls down, likewise the person’s claim to natural born Citizenship fails if the person does not have all three citizenship legs required to be a natural born Citizen at the time of their birth.
SO IF WE AS CONSERVATIVES ARE TO APPLY THE SAME STANDARD FOR ALL.. IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT I MUST CONCLUDE THAT TED CRUZ IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT. HE WOULD MAKE AN AWESOME ATTORNEY GENERAL.
