{"id":3346,"date":"2013-08-20T00:38:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T04:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=3346"},"modified":"2013-08-20T00:38:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T04:38:53","slug":"cruz-will-renounce-canadian-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/08\/20\/cruz-will-renounce-canadian-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz Will Renounce Canadian Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CONROE, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201d U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz<\/a>, born in Calgary in 1970, said Monday he would give up any claim he might have to Canadian citizenship.<\/p>\n

In a written statement, Cruz said he did not realize he was eligible for dual citizenship until The<\/em> Dallas Morning News<\/em> reported<\/a> that his birth in Canada made him eligible for citizenship there.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Assuming that is true, then sure, I will renounce any Canadian citizenship,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Cruz said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nothing against Canada, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m an American by birth and as a U.S. senator, I believe I should be only an American.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Questions have been raised about Cruz\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eligibility to become president of the United States. Under the U.S. Constitution, only \u00e2\u20ac\u0153natural born\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Americans are eligible. Cruz\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s father was Cuban at the time of his birth, but his mother was born in the United States and was a citizen when he was born. That made Cruz automatically eligible for U.S. citizenship \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and hence makes him a natural-born American, he says.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Because my mother was a U.S. citizen, born in Delaware, I was a U.S. citizen by birth,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Cruz said in the statement.<\/p>\n

Cruz, who embarked on a two-week swing of Texas on Monday while Congress is in recess, says he is focused on being a senator. But his recent trip to Iowa, which holds the first presidential caucus, and his planned jaunt Friday to New Hampshire, which traditionally holds the first primary, has fueled speculation that he will launch a bid for the White House in 2016.<\/p>\n

via The Texas Tribune: Main Feed http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2013\/08\/19\/ted-cruz-will-renounce-canadian-ties\/?utm_source=texastribune.org&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Tribune%20Feed:%20Main%20Feed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CONROE, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201d U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, born in Calgary in 1970, said Monday he would give up any claim he might have to Canadian citizenship. In a written statement, Cruz said he did not realize he was eligible for dual citizenship until The Dallas Morning News reported that his birth in Canada made him … <\/p>\n

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