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Old 01-07-2016, 04:03 PM
 
Location: Home is Where You Park It
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There is no mention at all if Obama had ever given up his Indonesian citizenship.
He never had it, so he can't give it up.
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Old 01-07-2016, 04:25 PM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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He never had it, so he can't give it up.
That's irrelevant, as I've already explained...

Obama was admittedly born a dual citizen (due to his non-U.S. citizen father, as posted on his Fight the Smears website), just like Cruz (born in Canada to a non-U.S. citizen father). Both are ineligible for POTUS as such. I've gone into great detail explaining why that is so according to both historical facts and international law. Anyone interested exploring the details can read these posts:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/42533068-post195.html

http://www.city-data.com/forum/42542354-post246.html
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Old 01-07-2016, 07:32 PM
 
Location: pensacola,florida
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YEAAAAY!!!If Cruz gets elected we can have 4-8 more years of endless C-D debates about his eligibility to be president.Even if the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Cruz is eligible plenty of people on here would continue to argue he isn't.

Obamas nearly out of the white house and people still go on endlessly about his being ineligible.

People on here still argue that Barry Goldwater,George Romney,Mitt Romney,and John McCain weren't eligible.If the CD forum had existed in Alexander Hamiltons day we would have had a treat.
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Old 01-07-2016, 07:56 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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Uh; not true. US citizenship DOES go through bloodline anywhere in the world assuming 1 parent's a US citizen unless talking about US born kids with 2 foreign parents.
Answer me this. A wife and a husband become US citizens, live here for 10 years then decide to go back to their home country. They give birth to a child there who never leaves the country until 18. Now he wants to come to the US. Can he walk in the US embassy and ask for a US passport? The first thing they will ask for is the birth certificate.
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Old 01-07-2016, 08:25 PM
 
Location: pensacola,florida
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Answer me this. A wife and a husband become US citizens, live here for 10 years then decide to go back to their home country. They give birth to a child there who never leaves the country until 18. Now he wants to come to the US. Can he walk in the US embassy and ask for a US passport? The first thing they will ask for is the birth certificate.
yes he can.
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Old 01-07-2016, 09:26 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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yes he can.
May be so but it is far from "settled".

Last edited by HappyRider; 01-07-2016 at 09:41 PM..
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Old 01-07-2016, 09:39 PM
 
Location: Florida
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There is the question of whether Cruz has divided loyalties. He held Canadian citizenship until very recently. He knew better.
Loyalties? I don't think either country wants to claim him as their own.
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Old 01-07-2016, 09:49 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Why is this coming up now after Cruz has been running for months?

Oh--right--he's creeping up on Trump, so Trump has to stick his foot out and trip him.

If Trump is doing so well, why does he feel so threatened by other candidates that he has to try to get rid of them by any means possible?

Why doesn't he just run on his own tremendousness without having to attack his competition? He's making this election feel like a run for student council. Make America Great? His campaign is already dragging us down.
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Old 01-07-2016, 10:23 PM
 
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Answer me this. A wife and a husband become US citizens, live here for 10 years then decide to go back to their home country. They give birth to a child there who never leaves the country until 18. Now he wants to come to the US. Can he walk in the US embassy and ask for a US passport? The first thing they will ask for is the birth certificate.
he is a US citizen and is eligible to receive a US passport:

Birth Abroad to Two U.S. Citizen Parents in Wedlock

A child born abroad to two U.S. citizen parents acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under section 301(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provided that one of the parents had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions prior to the child’s birth.


Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship by a Child Born Abroad
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Old 01-08-2016, 06:50 AM
 
Location: Upstate NY 🇺🇸
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All Cruz has to do is what Obama did: spend $1.5 million keeping the action out of the discovery phase.

Problem solved!
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