Nah, it's that he was born to American parents. The requirement is citizenship on birth, not place of birth, and the US has both jus soli and jus sanguinis citizenship.
It was always that, most people just didn't understand there was a difference.
But thankfully he was not born a citizen at all, so we're safe barring a constitutional amendment.
Edit: shit, or retroactively giving him birth citizenship because his Canadian maternal grandfather was born in America. No idea if said grandfather actually got registered as a citizen or passed it to his mother or if that's even a thing that can be done, but it might be enough for him to get it if he really wants.
neither was McCain, the line has retreated to "you just have to have been born a citizen"
Same with Cruz, born in Calgary.
Your parents must apply for citizenship within six months of birth for jus sanguinus citizenship in the US. Cruz’s parents did not meet the deadline.
Pretty sure for McCain the loophole was he was born on a US military base or something
Nah, it's that he was born to American parents. The requirement is citizenship on birth, not place of birth, and the US has both jus soli and jus sanguinis citizenship.
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It was always that, most people just didn't understand there was a difference.
But thankfully he was not born a citizen at all, so we're safe barring a constitutional amendment.
Edit: shit, or retroactively giving him birth citizenship because his Canadian maternal grandfather was born in America. No idea if said grandfather actually got registered as a citizen or passed it to his mother or if that's even a thing that can be done, but it might be enough for him to get it if he really wants.
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You can serve in government but you can't be president