I usta think that a person had to have been born in the USA to become prez - but I was thinking wrong.
As the Poodle Prez has demonstrated - one can have been born in Kenya, Indonesia, Jonesboro, Arkansas, or even Hawaii - and still become prez. His mom was a US citizen. 
Here is an excerpt about this re this newly announced candidate Ted Cruz:
Two prominent legal authorities, Neal Katyal and Paul Clement, said in a Harvard Law Review article that “there is no question that Senator Cruz has been a citizen from birth and is thus a ‘natural born Citizen’ within the meaning of the Constitution.”
“As Congress has recognized since the Founding, a person born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent is generally a U.S. citizen from birth with no need for naturalization. And the phrase “natural born Citizen” in the Constitution encompasses all such citizens from birth,” they added. “Thus, an individual born to a U.S. citizen parent — whether in California or Canada or the Canal Zone — is a U.S. citizen from birth and is fully eligible to serve as President if the people so choose.”
In the long run, the debate would be settled by a constitutional change.
“The best solution would be to amend the Constitution, as many legislators on both sides of the aisle have proposed over the years. In the absence of an amendment, the clause should be narrowly interpreted,” Duggin said back in 2013.
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