<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_10921"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_10920">Not that this will convince some people, but...:</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_10922"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_10923"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23.2000007629395px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_13752">Helpfully, the </span><culink class="" culang="en" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Congressional Research Service" title="" style="font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23.2000007629395px; border-bottom-color: rgb(76, 189, 213) !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_12324">Congressional Research Service</culink><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23.2000007629395px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_10924"> gathered all of the information relevant to Cruz's case a few years ago, at the height (nadir?) of Obama birtherism. In short, the Constitution says that the president must be a natural-born citizen. "The weight of scholarly legal and historical opinion appears to support the notion that 'natural born Citizen' means one who is entitled under the Constitution or laws of the United States to U.S. citizenship 'at birth' or 'by birth,' including any child born 'in' the United States, the children of United States citizens born abroad, and those born abroad of one citizen parents who has met U.S. residency requirements," the CRS's </span><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/41197555/41131059-MoC-Memo-What-to-Tell-Your-Constituents-in-Answer-to-Obama-Eligibility" style="color: rgb(0, 89, 140); text-decoration: none; font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23.2000007629395px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Jack Maskell wrote</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23.2000007629395px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_13750">. So in short: Cruz is a citizen; Cruz is </span><em style="font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23.2000007629395px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_13751">not</em><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23.2000007629395px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_10925"> naturalized; therefore Cruz is a natural-born citizen, and in any case his mother is a citizen. You can read the CRS memo at bottom; here's a </span><a href="http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42097.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 89, 140); text-decoration: none; font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23.2000007629395px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_10926">much longer and more detailed 2011 version</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 23.2000007629395px;" class="">.</span><span><br></span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_10958"> <a href="http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42097.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_12289">http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42097.pdf</a></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_10932"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427295637793_10932">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 7:33 PM, Sunil <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2607415684"><div><div dir="ltr">
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<div dir="ltr">Paul,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I think you've identified one of the issues. Tom's use of the term indicates he doesn't understand what 'naturalized citizen' means or else he's invented his own definition. Either way it becomes impossible to have a rational discussion.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sunil<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><div class="yiv2607415684yqt8395145955" id="yiv2607415684yqtfd80788"><hr id="yiv2607415684stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:16:37 -0700<br clear="none">From: paul.rumelhart@gmail.com<br clear="none">To: thansen@moscow.com<br clear="none">CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [Vision2020] (no subject)<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Your definition of the word "naturalized" appears to differ from the meaning that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services department uses. To them, becoming "naturalized" is a legal process requiring (among other things) getting a green card, filing an N-400, paying almost $600, getting fingerprinted, and taking English and civics tests. There is also an oath ceremony.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>This is why people have been asking you to document your use of the term to mean "born abroad to a U.S. citizen", which is what it appears you think it means, rather than the process to become a citizen described above.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Paul<br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2607415684ecxgmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2607415684ecxgmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=thansen@moscow.com&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv2607415684ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div><span></span></div><div><div>It has been discussed and accepted on television . . . that Ted Cruz attained dual citizenship upon birth . . . as a Canadian citizen by birthright . . . and as a "naturalized" (NOT "natural born") citizen of the United States via his mother's citizenship. He has yet to renounce his Canadian citizenship.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>JEEEESH!<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><span style="">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style=""><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style=""> </span></div><div><div><span style="">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style=""> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv2607415684h5"><div><br clear="none">On Mar 24, 2015, at 1:03 PM, Gary Crabtree <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=moscowlocksmith@gmail.com&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">moscowlocksmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv2607415684ecxgmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">"This has been reviewed and accepted publicly on television."</div><div class="yiv2607415684ecxgmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2607415684ecxgmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">What more need be said?</div><div class="yiv2607415684ecxgmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2607415684ecxgmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">As Mr. Dredge so definitively put it, <font size="4">case closed!</font></div><div class="yiv2607415684ecxgmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><font size="4"></font><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2607415684ecxgmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">g</div></div>
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