Running for President and Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz: Ted Cruz announcement that he running for president has renewed questions about his Calgary birthplace and whether the Texas senator Canadian roots leave him ineligible to make a bid for the Oval Office. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The fact that Cruz mother is Delaware-born satisfies the U.S. constitution requirement that a president must be a "natural-born U.S. citizen," experts agree. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, Monday, March 23, 2015 in Lynchburg, Va., to announce his campaign for president. Cruz, who announced his candidacy on twitter in the early morning hours, is the first major candidate in the 2016 race for president. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik They don't, American constitutional scholars say, because Cruz mother was a U.S. citizen when he was born. His Cuban father became a citizen in 2005. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.