Senator will renounce his Canadian citizenship.

[Swampy]

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was born in Canada to an American mother, so he has dual citizenship, and he said he will renounce his Canadian citizenship. The other question is if he will be eligible to run for President, since he was born on foreign soil. The consensus is that he can, just as McCain can run, but it's not clear.

[Swampy]

A Bloomberg editor, a Canadian, says the not-too-secret fantasies of Canadians is to move to the US and live the American Dream.

[Deleted]

I'm not entirely sure he had/has dual citizenship, nor do I understand the laws thereof. I had two daughters born in Japan, neither of whom had dual citizenship. It might have had something to do with the fact that I was in the military and they were born on an American military base, I just don't know. In any case, he is an American, unfortunately.

[jerryfmcompushaft]

Denny, I think as a US Serviceman, you weren't a resident of a foreign country (you paid US income taxes not German or another government) and therefore your kids are American citizens without dual citizenship. And I would also think that the laws of the local country would have an impact - not all nations have automatic citizenship for children born on their soil like the US does. Swampy can enlighten us on Canadian law...

[Swampy]

Canadian law is the same as the US one - if you're born here, you're Canadian, unless your parents were here on diplomatic duties.

[hornet32]

Cruz is thinking of a presidential run in 2016 , dual citizenship just wouldn't do though is nothing in the constitution that address's dual citizenship .

[Sir John]

I think Tom J etc would have rejected such a concept out of hand.


SJ