Possible 2016 presidential candidate Ted Cruz 's birth circumstances raise eligibility questions . Cruz was born in Canada to U.S. citizen mother and Cuban father . Birther-in-chief Donald Trump raised question of Cruz 's eligibility in weekend appearance . `` No Person except a natural born Citizen , or a Citizen of the United States , at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution , shall be eligible to the Office of President ; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years , and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States . '' Comment:
Possible 2016 presidential candidate Ted Cruz 's birth circumstances raise eligibility questions . Cruz was born in Canada to U.S. citizen mother and Cuban father . Birther-in-chief Donald Trump raised question of Cruz 's eligibility in weekend appearance . Comment: