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SheilaT

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14. Our citizenship laws NEVER had any sort of

Reply to Snobblevitch (Reply #9)

Wed Sep 30, 2015, 05:53 PM

Sep 2015

residency, or age requirement for the mother. The birther idiots also try to claim that because his mother was only 19 when he was born he wasn't entitled to citizenship. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

There never was any such law. Period. Cruz is a full citizen himself, regardless of having been born in Canada.

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Cruz has a Canadian birth certificate. How can he run for Prez.? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 OP

At least one of his parents was an American citizen. SheilaT Sep 2015 #1

Yes and No... still not settled law in the case of the Presidency JCMach1 Sep 2015 #6

Well, I recall a lot of discussion around SheilaT Sep 2015 #8

I read somewhere, I don't know if it's a fact, Snobblevitch Sep 2015 #9

They also think he was born in Kenya, facts don't dissuade Birthers, who are CT idiots. n/t Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #12

Our citizenship laws NEVER had any sort of SheilaT Sep 2015 #14

It shows the blatant hypocrisy and racism of the wingnuts Major Nikon Sep 2015 #11

It does not say "native born", for one thing jberryhill Sep 2015 #2

Yes, soemone just told me I used wrong word..."natural born" is correct. n/t dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Turbineguy Sep 2015 #4

He is native born hack89 Sep 2015 #5

The Ruplicians have their top guy looking in to it! imanamerican63 Sep 2015 #7

Lol!!! dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #10

He's a natural born citizen because, as far as I'm aware of, he never had to go through... Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #13