Ted Cruz says he did not know he was a dual citizen. He said he assumed that because he was a US citizen by birth, left Canada at 4 and lived entirely in the US and never took affirmative steps to claim Canadian citizenship he was not a Canadian citizen.
When a newspaper brought it up he went through the steps to formally renounce Canadian citizenship, which became official in May 2014.
> he went through the steps to formally renounce Canadian citizenship,
Not a fan of Cruz, but this is sufficient for me. More problematic would be those nations that don't accept or don't allow them to renounce citizenship.
I'm not accusing him of anything, I'm just saying he's one of two known cases. I don't personally consider it a problem and I wouldn't care if he hadn't renounced it.
When a newspaper brought it up he went through the steps to formally renounce Canadian citizenship, which became official in May 2014.