[Cboldt]

Thanks -- Terrazas was born in the US, FWIW, so his "grant of citizenship" didn't depend on a statute. He looks similar to the Afroyim case, except the question in Terrazas is whether executing an oath in Mexico, renouncing US citizenship, is effective in the US.

This case looks similar, on that point, to the Kawakita (citizenship/treason) case.

[riverdawg]

I’m not a lawyer, but my impression is that Vance vs Terrazas put in place the general requirement that a US citizen (wherever born) must explicitly renounce US citizenship in order to lose it. The State Department seems to require that a US citizen living abroad go to the US embassy or consulate to do so.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/renunciation-of-citizenship.html