Lawrence Sellin, Ph.D. a retired colonel with 29 years of experience in the US Army Reserve, argues that Senator Ted Cruz entered the United States illegally as a child in 1974.
His parents failed to file a CRBA form which is required by US law. Ted’s parents did not fill out the required form until 1986.It would be nice if the Cruz camp cleared this up for Republican voters.
Via Family Security Matters:
Exactly how and when did Ted Cruz obtain U.S. citizenship?
The fact that it is still an
open question at this stage of the Presidential campaign is a testament either
to the galactic ignorance of our political-media elite or their willingness to
place political expediency ahead of the Constitution and the law.
There is no third
alternative.
Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz was
born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on December 22, 1970 and remained a Canadian
citizen until he officially renounced it on May 14, 2014, eighteen months after
taking the oath of office as a U.S. Senator. At the time of his birth, Cruz’s
father was a citizen of Canada and his mother was a U.S. citizen.
Legally, Cruz could have
obtained US citizenship through his mother consistent with Public Law 414, June
27, 1952, An Act: To revise the laws relating to immigration, naturalization,
and nationality and for other purposes [H.R. 5678], Title III Nationality and
Naturalization, Chapter 1 – Nationality at Birth and by Collective
naturalization; Nationals and citizens of the United States at birth; the
relevant section being 301 (a) (7):
“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 ten years, at least five 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 by such citizen parent may be included in computing the
physical presence requirements of this paragraph.”
In that case, Cruz’s mother
should have filed a Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United
States of America (CRBA) with the nearest U.S. embassy or
consulate after the birth to document that the child was a U.S. citizen.
According to Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier, Cruz’s mother
did register his birth with the U.S. consulate and Cruz received a U.S.
passport in 1986 ahead of a high school trip to England. Rest of Article
