Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1934 - Born November 23, 1934, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, father
Edward John Darragh (1905 - 1988), mother Elizabeth Cicchini (1912 - 1992).
1939 - Rafael B.Cruz y Diaz, DOB March 22, 1939, Matazas, Matanzas, Artemisa
Province, Cuba.
1940 - Residence 1 April 1940, Bellefonte, New Castle, Delaware, Marital Status
Single Relation to Head of House: Daughter
1956 - Eleanor Darragh and Alan Wilson Graduated from Rice University, Houston,
Harris, Texas.
1956 - Rafael B Cruz Diaz, Republic of Cuba, Administration of Education, School of
Segunda Ensenanza, Matanzas, Cuba, Rafael Cruz y Diaz
1957 - Rafael B Cruz Diaz enters the US Dept of Justice Admitted Aug 21, 1957 Key
West, FL, Immigration and Naturalization Service. Passport #28871
1957 - Passenger List, Rafael B Cruz Diaz enters the US Dept of Justice Admitted Aug 21,
1957 Key West, FL, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
1959 - Rafael B Cruz has publicly stated July 2015 he returned to Cuba Aug
1959. https://youtu.be/y-7kCHzm6vs . He didnt stay every long because he
returns to the United States Sept. 1959.
1959 - Rafael B Cruz Diaz enters the US Dept of Justice Admitted Sept. 15, 1959
Key West, FL, Immigration and Naturalization Service. Passport #28871
Rafael B Cruz Diaz, Passport #28831, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Key
West, FL, Admitted Sept. 15, 1959 STUDENT
1958 - Eleanor and Alan Wilson move to London, London, England
1958 - 1966 Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh Wilson allegedly becomes a British
Subject (Ted Cruz has sealed his mother Immigration/Naturalization, and
Passport records) But on Michael Wilsons birth certificate she is listed as a
non-citizen
1959 - Rafael B Cruz married Julia Ann Garza (born August 22, 1939 died May 18,
2013) She later became a professor at California State University, Stanislaus. She filed
the application for marriage record 11/15/1996. Rafael Cruz filed to divorce his first wife
1996. Rafael and Julia were allegedly (I believe that they used Texas Common Law
Marriage laws) married 37 years. Rafael and Julia lived together from 1959 to 1964
when he fled to Canada.
1961 - Rafael B Cruz graduated University Texas, Austin, with a degree in Mathematics.
1961 - Rafael B Cruz is granted political asylum and was given a green card. A green
card is allowed to reside and work in the United States, without becoming a citizen of
the United States, in this case, under political asylum from Castros Cuba. Rafael Cruzs
citizenship status was that of a Cuban national living and working in the United States,
under a green card work permit. According to U.S. laws, the green card holder must
maintain permanent resident status, and can be removed from the United States if
certain conditions of this status are not met.
1961 - Rafael B Cruz first daughter Miriam Ceferina Cruz born (11-22-1961-Died 2011)
1962 - Rafael Cruz moves to Dallas, TX, after his second daughter Roxana Lourdes Cruz
born (11-18-1962-Living).
1962 - Alan Wilson files for divorce from Eleanor Darragh Wilson
1963 - Eleanor Wilson Divorce final London, London, England
1963 - Rafael B Cruz works for Fair Treatment for Cuba handing out Hands Off Cuba
flyers.
1963 - Rafael B Cruz works for Fair Treatment for Cuba handing out Hands Off
Cuba
flyers.
Aug. 16, 1963 New Orleans, LA, Rafael B Cruz photographed handing out "Hands Off
Cuba" flyers
Aug. 16, 1963 New Orleans, LA, Rafael B Cruz photographed handing out "Hands Off
Cuba" flyers
1964 - Rafael B Cruz moves to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, allegedly find work in the Oil
and Gas Industry. (I believe in November 1964, Rafael B Cruz flees to Canada in fear of
arrest because of his work with Fair Play for Cuba in New Orleans, LA. I believe it was at
this period that Rafael Cruz abandons his wife Julia and 2 daughters. Leaving them
behind Louisiana. There is no recorded of his wife Julia and 2 daughters Miriam and
Rozana entering Canada.)
1964 - The Cruz resides in Canada for the next eight years. I worked in Canada for
eight years, Rafael Cruz says.And while I was in Canada, I became a
Canadian citizen. (From an interview with NPR")
(Date???) Julia Ann Garza Cruz later became a professor at California State University,
Stanislaus .
1966 - Now single Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh Wilson gives birth to a son, Michael
Darragh Wilson, DOB June 17, 1966. (Eleanor E. D. Wilson is listed as non-citizen)
meaning she was not a British Subject. Eleanor Darragh Wilson places the newborn up
for adoption and returns to the United States. Moving in with her sister Caroline in New
Orleans, LA.
Dept of State Foreign Service of the U.S.A. Report of the Death of an American Citizen
1967 - Eleanor Wilson and Rafael Cruz move to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 920 Riverdale
Ave. South West, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (I believe that Cruz flees to Canada to avoid
the Draft at the height of the Vietnam War.)
This wedding photo is put out by Senator Ted Cruz. It is a wedding photo Rafael B Cruz and Eleanor
Darragh Wilson. Only problem is Rafael B Cruz was married to Julia Ann Garza from 1959 - 1996. That
would mean Rafael Cruz was a bigamist.
1968 - Rafael B. Cruz becomes a Canadian citizen. In a stated in a NPR interview he had
becomes a Canadian citizen. I lived in Canada for 8 years and became a Canadian
citizen in 1968.
1969 - Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh Wilson Cruz (I have not found a record of a marriage
between Eleanor Darragh and Rafael B Cruz and believe they were never married in
Louisiana, Texas or Canada) she becomes a Canadian citizen. Rafael and Eleanor can
not use Common Law marriage because Rafael B Cruz is using that with current wife
Julia Ann Garza Cruz.
Information on Cruz and his mother's citizenship in
Canada. http://youtu.be/CeC636kiJYk
1970 - Rafael Edward Ted Cruz, born December 22, 1970, Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
father Rafael Bienvenido Cruz 3/22/1939, mother Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh Wilson
11/23/1934. [There is no mention of non-citizen for either parent on Teds birth
certificate. Why not?] [There is no certificate of marriage recorded for Eleanor E.
Darragh aka Eleanor E. Wilson, aka Eleanor Darragh Wilson, Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh
Wilson (dob 11/23/34) and Rafael Bienvenido Cruz (dob 3/22/1939) anywhere.]
1970 - If Eleanor Elizabeth Wilson was still a US citizen when Ted Cruz was born, she
was required by law to go to the US Embassy and register Rafael Edward Ted Cruz's
birth at the United States Of American Department of State Consular Office and make a
Report of Birth Abroad. She did not and Ted Cruz did not do so before his 18th birthday.
If you fail to file a Consular Report of Birth Abroad before your 18th birthday the
window of citizenship
closes.
Ted Cruz at age 2 1/2 to 3 years old with his half sisters.
1973 - biography of Rafael Cruz, Rafael Bienvenido Cruz, RB Cruz and Associates
1974 - Eleanor Cruz and Rafael Cruz are listed on Canadian Voter Rolls of Canadian
citizens eligible to vote in Canadian elections. (3 pages)
1986 - Wells Fargo Credit Corp. vs Rafael B Cruz and Eleanor E Cruz, case #198648415.
Foreclosed upon 1986 to 1989 it reads. Property was sold at auction on the Harris
County Court House steps.
1988 - Rafael Ted Cruz graduated Second Baptist High School, Houston, Texas.
Ted Cruz Selective Service number (70-16668881-9) does not verify. How
did he get into college? How did he run for US Senate? How did he pass the
Texas State Bar?
1992 - Rafael Ted Cruz graduates from Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts in Public
Policy, Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs.
1995 - Rafael Ted Cruz graduates from Harvard Law School.
1995 - Rafael Ted Cruz becomes a Law Clerk for J. Michael Luttig
1995 - Heidi Nelson received a Masters of European Business degree from Solvay
Brussels School of Economics and Management, In Brussels, Belgium.
1996 - Rafael Ted Cruz becomes a Law Clerk for Supreme Court Justice William
Rehnquist
1996 - Julia Ann Garza Cruz and Rafael E Cruz divorce filed
1996 - Rafael B Cruz vs Eleanor E Cruz case #199634003 filed Divorce July 1996
1997 - Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh Wilson Cruz changed her name from Cruz to Darragh
and she registered to vote under Darragh 4/3/1997, 3333 Allen Parkway, 2606 Houston,
Texas 77019.
1997 - Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh and Rafael Bienvenido Cruz divorce Houston, Harris,
Texas, Feb. 13. 1997 according to Texas Divorce Index Vital Statistics 1968 - 2011.
1997 - Rafael Edward Ted Cruz State Bar of Texas Registration Card #24001953
1997 - Rafael Ted Cruz goes to work for the Law Firm of Cooper, Carvin &
Rosenthal.
1999 - Rafael Ted Cruz works on the Bush Administration Presidential campaign.
2000- Heidi Nelson graduate degree was an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
2000 - Ted Cruz worked on George W. Bush presidential campaign.
2000, Heidi Nelson worked as an economic policy director on the Bush for President
campaign.
2001 - Ted Cruz married Heidi Suzanne Nelson
2005 - Rafael B Cruz has publicly stated that he remained a citizen of Canada until he
renounced his Canadian citizenship when he applied for and became a U.S. Naturalized
citizen.
2008 - Ted Cruz Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, law firm in Houston, TX
2012 Cruz Financed 2012 Campaign With Loans from Goldman Sachs, and Citibank.
The previously undisclosed $1 million in loans undercut Cruz's anti-establishment
image.
2012, Heid Cruz and her husband Ted cashed in their liquid net worth to finance the
Ted Cruz senatorial campaign. What Liquid assets were cashed in?
2013 - Canadian officials confirm the Ted Cruz was in fact born a legal citizen of Canada,
the son of two parents who had also applied for and received Canadian citizenship prior
to Teds birth. Hes a Canadian,said Toronto lawyer Stephen Green, past chairman of
the Canadian Bar Associations Citizenship and immigration Section. Generally
speaking, under the Citizenship Act of 1947, those born in Canada were automatically
citizens at birth unless their parent was a foreign diplomat, said ministry
spokeswoman Julie Lafortune.
2014 - Rafael Edward Ted Cruz, Certificate of Renunciation of Canadian Citizenship
2016 - Filed this following FOIA request by fax this evening and received confirmation
it was both sent and received.
March 23, 2016
Office of Information Programs and Services A/GIS/IPS/RL Department of State, SA-2
Washington, DC 20522-8100 VIA FAX: (202) 261-8579
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request
Records related to Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh Wilson Cruz which would support the
entry
into the United States of her Canadian-born child, Rafael Edward Cruz, the Current
United States senator from Texas and Republican presidential primary candidate as well
as the entry into the United States of her Cuban-born Canadian citizen husband, Rafael
Bienvenido Cruz, whom she married while living and working in Canada.
To Whom It May Concern:
The information I am requesting as a private citizen is being made under the fee
category All Other Requests and a Fee Waiver is being requested for the following
reasons:
Since Ted Cruz is a sitting United States senator and a Republican primary candidate for
president, it is my feeling that the subject of this request would concern the operations
or activities of the government;
Since there have already been a number of lawsuits challenging Senator Cruzs
legitimacy as a presidential candidate because of his Canadian birth (which to date have
all been dismissed for lack of standing or ripeness), it is my contention that the
disclosure of the requested information would likely contribute to an understanding of
government operations and activities, namely a candidates requirement for citizenship
in order to serve as a senator or president and the necessity to properly vet a candidates
birth status qualifications;
The disclosure of this information would directly contribute to the understanding of the
requirements of citizenship (whether naturalized or natural born) as a constitutional
requirement to holding office as a senator or president of the United States and there is
and has been enough interest in this topic (which to date has not been able to be
verified) that there would be no trouble in disseminating this information to the public;
and
Given the birther arguments in the last two presidential cycles and again in this
one, the disclosure of the requested information is highly likely to significantly
contribute to public understanding of the determination of citizenship in the
understanding of government operations and activities. Page 2 FOIA request regarding
Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh Wilson Cruz
Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh was born on November 23, 1934 in Wilmington, DE. Her
parents were Edward J. Darragh and Elizabeth Cekine Darragh. Eleanor went to Rice
University where she graduated around 1956. While there, she met and subsequently
married Alan Wilson, a Ft. Worth, TX native on or around September 1, 1956.
Subsequent to their marriage, they moved to London, England. Their marriage ended in
divorce in the early 1960s and Eleanor returned to the United States in 1967 and was
living or at least having her mail sent to a c/o address in Metairie, LA.
Rafael Bienvenido Cruz was a Cuban citizen who had come to the United States in 1957
on a student visa believed to have been issued at the consulate in Havana to attend the
University of Texas, Austin. During his second year of college, he married Julia Ann
Garza on or around January 1, 1959. Rafael graduated on June 3, 1961 and received a BA
with a major in mathematics under the name Rafael Bienvenido Cruz Diaz. As is
common in the Hispanic culture, a mans second surname is that of his mothers maiden
name (he later dropped the second surname, Diaz). After graduation, Rafael applied for
political asylum. Rafael and Julia had two children: one born on November 11, 1961 and
the other born on November 18, 1962. Their marriage reportedly ended in divorce with
Julia having custody of the two children.
Eleanor reportedly worked for a company in New Orleans, LA where she met Rafael
Bienvenido Cruz. Although they were not married, Eleanor and Rafael moved to Canada
around 1968 and started a seismic mapping business to cater to the oil industry in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They were reportedly married in 1969 in Canada and Rafael
has self-reported that he obtained Canadian citizenship in 1970. Rafaels early
Canadian citizenship status probably had to do with the fact he received a business
entrepreneur consideration (starting their business, R. B. Cruz and Associates and
hiring at least one employee who was not one of the founders of the business). Since
Canada did not recognize dual citizenship at that time, Rafael presumably renounced his
Cuban citizenship. On December 22, 1970, Eleanor and Rafael had a son born in Canada
whom they named Rafael Edward Cruz and under Canadian law, their son also became a
Canadian citizen.
Upon the birth of her child, Eleanor should have filed a Consular Report of Birth
Abroad, Form FS-240 or depending on the date, Form FS-545 with the consular office in
Calgary with all of the supporting documentation required. She may have been required
to file other reports with the consular office since she apparently was living in Canada on
somewhat of a permanent basis and together with her Canadian husband operated their
business, R. B. Cruz and Associates, while living there.
While not dispositive, both Eleanor and Rafael B. Cruz appeared on a Canadian voter
list for 1974. Since Rafael B. Cruz received Canadian citizenship, it is not entirely
unlikely that Eleanor might have also applied for Canadian citizenship which would
have, under Canadian law at the time, required her to renounce her United States
citizenship. If she had actually done that or at least applied to have it done, there should
be some type of consular record of any such action.
The Cruz experienced some business and family problems and sometime around 1974,
Rafael B. Cruz abandoned his family in Canada and returned to the United States, again
settling in Texas. Claiming he had a religious awakening, he returned to Canada to
reunite with his wife and child. Shortly thereafter, the three members of the Cruz family
left Canada and returned to the United States settling in Houston.
Page 3 FOIA request regarding Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh Wilson Cruz
Since Rafael B. Cruz was a Canadian citizen he would have needed some special
documentation to emigrate from Canada to the United States. Since Eleanor may still
have had United States citizenship, she could have requested documentation from the
consulate in Calgary documenting their marriage such that Rafael B. Cruz could then
enter the United States as the documented spouse of a United States citizen. Similar
documentation (CRBA or a U.S. Passport) would have been required in order for their
child, Rafael Edward Cruz, to be permitted legal entry into the United States.
It is possible that Eleanor did not apply for a CRBA while she was in Canada and I have
seen reports that a CRBA for Rafael Edward Cruz was not requested until 1986 when
Rafael was in high school in the Houston, TX area and needed a passport for a school
trip to England. If that is the case, then the records associated with young Rafaels CRBA
would probably have been filed through an office in the Houston area.
1.
United States laws make it possible to be a legal U.S. citizen by only the
following means
a) NATURAL BORN CITIZEN As the society cannot exist and perpetuate
itself otherwise than by the children of the citizens, those children naturally
follow the condition of their fathers, and succeed to all their rights. The country
of the fathers is therefore that of the children; and these become true citizens
merely by their tacit consent. (The Natural Law as understood by the Founders
in Article II of the US Constitution)
b) NATIVE BORN CITIZEN All persons born or naturalized in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States
and of the state wherein they reside. (The 14th Amendment definition for
citizen
c) NATURALIZED CITIZEN the legal act or process by which a non-citizen
in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country. It may be done
by a statute, without any effort on the part of the individual (aka anchor baby), or
it may involve an application and approval by legal authorities, (such as a
Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) form filed with the US State