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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Indonesia prohibits dual-citizenship.
After he was adopted, he became an Indonesian citizen.


Indonesia may not recognize dual citizenship, but the U.S. does. Indonesian law is applied in Indonesia, American law is applied in America. And there is no provision in American law that allows a parent or stepparent to renounce a minor child's citizenship.

The provisions of the 1930 Hague Convention do not apply, since they are conditional on the state (in this case the U.S.A.) recognizing that a parent or stepparent can renounce a minor’s citizenship. As I said, there is no provision in American law that allows that.

22 posted on 08/01/2009 1:47:00 PM PDT by Cheburashka (Stephen Decatur: you want barrels of gunpowder as tribute, you must expect cannonballs with it.)
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To: Cheburashka
Indonesia may not recognize dual citizenship, but the U.S. does.

Not when it pertains to meeting the eligibility requirements for President it doesn't.

61 posted on 08/01/2009 2:28:29 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
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