Ted Cruz has not rennounced Canadian citizenship because he can’t prove that he is an American citizen

Filed in National by on September 20, 2013

This is wild. Also, there is a Delaware connection I didn’t know about.

The aspiring ex-Canadian has to pay a fee of $100 and submit an official “Application to Renounce Canadian Citizenship,” which could be a bother for someone with a busy schedule of Tea Party meetings and lectures for the Heritage Foundation. On the other hand, the renunciation form is pretty simple. There are only 12 questions on the application, and most of them request basic information such as name, address and date of birth, all of which could be handled by a staffer.
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There is one section, however, that could cause Cruz some trouble, and perhaps that is the reason for his delay. Question 5 instructs the applicant to “attach proof” that he is (or will become) a citizen of a country other than Canada. That may seem like it is none of Canada’s business, but in fact the requirement follows from important principles of international law – including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – which call upon governments to protect individuals from becoming stateless. (snip)

In order to fulfill his promise to the voters, Cruz must therefore submit proof that he is a U.S. citizen, which will be trickier for him than for most people. Cruz has thus far released only his Canadian birth certificate, which confirms that he was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1970, and additionally states that his mother was born in Wilmington, Dela. The second part is crucial – Cruz’s only claim to U.S. citizenship through his mother – but it is also hearsay. The birth certificate is primary evidence of Cruz’s own birth, but the entry about his mother merely records her assertion to the Alberta Division of Vital Statistics. Even though I don’t personally dispute what he says, “My mother said so” is not what is usually meant by “proof.”

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  1. I’d assume he can submit his passport, that should be enough.

  2. bamboozer says:

    Interesting and yet more proof that the Birthers are thinly disguised racists and nothing more. As for Cruz I predict a sky rocket career in politics, he’ll soar to the heights, explode and crash to earth.

  3. Liberal Elite says:

    A U.S. passport (unexpired or expired) can be used as a proof of US citizenship in some cases, but it is not equal to the Certificate of U.S. Citizenship.

    My guess is that he doesn’t have one, and that’s what Canada demands.

  4. Aoine says:

    When an American is born abroad, of US citizen parents, the birth is registered with the US embassy of that nation .

    Then the child has US citizenship- based upon a forgien birth registry
    Pretty simple really

    So, didn’t his mother register the birth ? She would have been issued a certificate of foreign birth registry

    All he has to do is produce that …or the passport he entered the US on.

    Again. Pretty simple stuff.

    Point is- dual nationals do have the best of both worlds BUT we best have our paperwork in order. 😉

  5. X Stryker says:

    Why won’t Cruz release his mother’s long form birth certificate? Is it because she’s secretly Venezuelan? Somebody tell CNN that “some say” that Cruz’s mother is Venezuelan. It’s at least as credible as GOP claims about Obamacare.

  6. Delaware Dem says:

    The whole Cruz episode proves that anyone who ever questioned Obama’s legitimacy as an American citizen is an evil racist deserving of eternal hellfire.

  7. Truth Teller says:

    He also according to law a Cuban citizen