The law concerning dual citizenship for native born Americans is fuzzy, or at least the interpretation of it is.  A quarter of a century ago, I had a British boss at Sperry Corporation.  I was surprised when he told me he was going for his American citizenship. 

I was even more surprised when he told me that he was not relinquishing his British citizenship.  In fact, he told me, Britain wouldn’t allow it. 

Now at the time, it was illegal for a native born American citizen to hold dual citizenship.  He was a naturalized American citizen that could hold dual citizenship.  I, on the other hand, as a native born American could not.  If I were to become a British citizen, my American citizenship would be revoked automatically.

Here I was, a native born American, and here he was as a naturalized American citizen with greater rights than I had.  Seemed at the time like some Americans were more equal than others.

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“No one knows for sure how many Americans are also citizens of other lands, because neither the U.S. nor other governments keep track. Estimates range from the equivalent of the population of Wyoming (494,000) to that of Tennessee (5.7 million). 
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“Dual citizenship is a worldwide phenomenon, but it is overwhelmingly an American issue, because most of the world's immigrants come here. 
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 “The dual citizens least likely to put America first are those who come from Muslim countries and Mexican-Americans. 
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 “The oath that naturalized citizens take requires them to ‘absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty.’ Old passports must be turned in. But nothing prevents a new citizen from going back to his or her country of origin and getting another.”  
   
This raises the question of allegiance in a time of increasing terrorist intentions toward the United States.