Just thought I'd hang this idea here. You're either American or not all all and this is just my stance.
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Case by case, you definitely should not be in government with dual citizenship. Someone very close to me who is a naturalized citizen just regained citizenship from their home country, simply because they cannot own property there without it. They have a vacation home and family farm property there they would either inherit or lose soon without citizenship. What say you?
I totally agree! This needs evaluated on a case-by-case basis. I have 2 children that have dual, US and Philippine Citizenship. Tha US and PH have always had strong ties since we liberated them from Japanese occupation. Why should my children be punished? Personally I am full blown, born in the US, citizen and patriot. I was so seriously concerned that the deep state players would cheat again, that I flew home just to cast my ballot in person.
Common sense isn't common these dsys.
It seems hypocritical to tout citizenship into a land where rights and privileges are egalitarian, and then want to play some kind of "loyalty" card when it comes to holding office. If the immigration officials are content that a person should be granted the status of being a U.S. citizen, why should we think that is not good enough?
Israel? How many Congressmen or Senators have family living in Israel? Obtaining dual citizenship amounts to a 100% open visa for visits and property ownership. Are those international crimes?
I have seen bitching about this for quite some time, but I have never heard any specific problem definition or substantiating evidence. It seems to be nothing more than bigotry, pushed by those who declare it is a consensus (i.e., the "Bolshevik" strategy).
We have plenty of politicians with a single citizenship---who are quite willing to suborn their public trust for money, gratuities, or interest from domestic OR foreign interests. Disloyalty and corruption are the problem, not citizenship.
When you have dual citizenship you cannot have loyalty by definition. Loyalty (a strong feeling of support or allegiance) cannot be devided between 2 entities. And when that happens you have no loyalty at all
Don't confuse possession of passports with loyalty. Plenty of home-grown Americans are disloyal and sign up for espionage. You are back to saying that I cannot be faithful both to my father's family and to my mother's family. When there is no conflict, there is no problem.
You don't prove the existence of a problem. You are just speculating about a problem, when the real problem (disloyalty) has no connection to whose passport one is carrying.