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- Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh
Rafael Bienvenido Cruz y Díaz (born March 22, 1939) [2] is a Cuban-American evangelical preacher and father of Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz. He has served as a surrogate in his son's political campaigns .
- He Protested for Castro Before Leaving Cuba. As a teenager under the brutal Batista regime, Rafael Cruz resented the regime and often clashed with its officials.
- He Met Ted’s Mother in Canada, Where He Worked in Oil & Gas. Rafael Cruz arrived in Austin, Texas “with nothing but the clothes on his back and one hundred dollars sewn into his underwear.”
- He Settled in Texas & Became a Preacher. Despite later being described as a competent oilman, R.B. Cruz and Associates folded in 1974 and the family returned to Texas.
- He Advocated the End of Separation of Church & State. In his book A Time for Action: Empowering the Faithful to Reclaim America, Cruz elaborated on his nonbelief in the separation of church and state and the proper role of believers in government
Jun 20, 2013 · The Texas senator says giving a path to citizenship to immigrants in the U.S. illegally would be unfair to immigrants who followed the rules, like his own father, 74-year-old Rafael...
- David Welna
Mar 24, 2015 · Cruz, who came to the U.S. at age 4, is a citizen by birth because his mother was a U.S. citizen when he was born. For that reason, legal scholars argue that he can likely be president.
Jan 19, 2016 · Since it was Cruz's mother who was the U.S. citizen, and his father was a Cuban citizen, that would also eliminate Cruz as a presidential candidate.
- Miles Surrey
Sep 4, 2015 · His mother’s citizenship automatically made her son a U.S. citizen and, most legal authorities concur, eligible to run for president. (In May 2014, too, Cruz renounced his dual Canadian ...
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Jan 24, 2017 · Still, by virtue of Cruz’s birth in Calgary, the mostly Texas-raised senator long had dual citizenship, meaning citizenship in Canada and the United States, though he renounced his Canadian...
