There are two general ways to obtain citizenship through U.S. citizen parents, one at birth and one after birth but before the age of 18. The term “parents” includes: the genetic father, the genetic mother, and the non-genetic gestational mother, if she is the legal parent at the time of birth under the law of the relevant jurisdiction. For more information, seeUSCIS Policy Manual guidance on Children of U.S. Citizens.
There are two general ways to obtain citizenship through parents, one at birth and one after birth but before the age of 18. For more information, see USCIS Policy Manual guidance on Children of U.S. Citizens.
Citizenship at Birth for Children Born Outside the U.S. and its Territories
For information on who qualifies as a “child” for citizenship purposes, see USCIS Policy Manual guidance on Children of U.S. Citizens.
| In a general, a Child Born Outside the U.S. is a Citizen at Birth when the Child’s Parents Are Married to each other at the Time of Birth IF… | AND… |
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| Both parents are U.S. citizens at the time of birth, | At least one parent lived in the U.S. or its territories prior to the birth. |
| One parent is a U.S. citizen at the time of birth and the birthdate is on or after November 14, 1986 | The U.S. citizen parent had been physically present in the U.S. or its territories for a period of at least five years at some time in his or her life prior to the birth, of which at least two years were after his or her 14thbirthday.If the U.S. citizen parent spent time abroad in any of the following three capacities, this can also be counted towards the physical presence requirement:
Additionally, time spent abroad by the U.S. citizen parent while the U.S. citizen parent was the unmarried son or daughter and a member of the household of a person who meets any of the three conditions listed above can also be counted. |
http://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/citizenship-through-parents
Ted Cruz had 1 US citizen parent but was not born after November 14, 1986.
Cruz became a citizen after birth.
Cornell Law School.
“Natural born citizen
A phrase denoting one of the requirements for becoming President or Vice-President of the United States. Anyone born after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution in 1787 must be a “natural born Citizen” of the United States to constitutionally fill the office of President or Vice-President. See U.S. Const. art. II, § 1; id. at amend. XII.
Some debate exists as to the meaning of this phrase. Consensus exists that anyone born on U.S. soil is a “natural born Citizen.” One may also be a “natural born Citizen” if, despite a birth on foreign soil, U.S. citizenship immediately passes from the person’s parents.”
Ted Cruz did not immediately receive citizenship on birth from parents and is NOT a natural born citizen.
Case closed!
Once again, that’s an “and”
Liberals; FYI. Not only are you all hypocrites, you’re really out of touch with reality.
yes and also he is an admitted zionist, exactly what we need to get rid of.
Rafael Cruz is ineligible to run for POTUS. That simple. This isn’t even debatable. When Rafael was going off on Obama being ineligible (which he is, of course) I knew this would come to bite him on the ass. But now Cruz says he’s eligible? LOLOLOLOL!!!