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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, who is leading some polls among Republican presidential candidates in Iowa, said his birth in Canada doesn’t disqualify him from becoming president.
“As a legal matter, the Constitution and federal law are clear that the child of a U.S. citizen born abroad is a natural-born citizen,” the Texan said in an interview broadcast on CNN’s “State of the Union” show Sunday.