Wrong. US State Department Services Dual Nationality
"The concept of dual nationality means that a person is a citizen of two countries at the same time. Each country has its own citizenship laws based on its own policy.Persons may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign country to U.S. citizen parents may be both a U.S. citizen and a citizen of the country of birth.
A U.S. citizen may acquire foreign citizenship by marriage, or a person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship of the country of birth. U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one citizenship or another. Also, a person who is automatically granted another citizenship does not risk losing U.S. citizenship. However, a person who acquires a foreign citizenship by applying for it may lose U.S. citizenship. In order to lose U.S. citizenship, the law requires that the person must apply for the foreign citizenship voluntarily, by free choice, and with the intention to give up U.S. citizenship.
Intent can be shown by the person's statements or conduct. The U.S. Government recognizes that dual nationality exists but does not encourage it as a matter of policy because of the problems it may cause. Claims of other countries on dual national U.S. citizens may conflict with U.S. law, and dual nationality may limit U.S. Government efforts to assist citizens abroad. The country where a dual national is located generally has a stronger claim to that person's allegiance.
However, dual nationals owe allegiance to both the United States and the foreign country. They are required to obey the laws of both countries. Either country has the right to enforce its laws, particularly if the person later travels there. Most U.S. citizens, including dual nationals, must use a U.S. passport to enter and leave the United States. Dual nationals may also be required by the foreign country to use its passport to enter and leave that country. Use of the foreign passport does not endanger U.S. citizenship. Most countries permit a person to renounce or otherwise lose citizenship.
Information on losing foreign citizenship can be obtained from the foreign country's embassy and consulates in the United States. Americans can renounce U.S. citizenship in the proper form at U.S. embassies and consulates abroad.
I suspect that Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago, holds dual citizenship.
It is just like so many other stnadards of behavior and conduct the Democrats are trying to bury and erase. Obama and/or his supporters keep trying to foist the Hawaiian Certification of Live Birth (short-form transcript) on the public as the only document the State of Hawaii can provide as a birth certificate for Obama to present to the public. This argument of theirs has to be one of the most insulting and ridiculous excuses ever used by Obama and the Democrats supporting him.
The Certification of Live Birth (short-form transcript) is a computer generated form that did not become available until 2000-2001. When Obama had to present a birth certificate for the numerous routine purposes before the year 2000, he had to do so using the Hawaiian Certificate of Live Birth (the long-form original birth certificate) because the Certification of Live Birth (short-form transcript) did not yet exist.
Obama wrote in his book/s that he had his birth certificate tucked away in a book. The Certification of Live Birth (short-form transcript) did not yet exist, so it had to be his Certificate of Live Birth (the long-form original birth certificate) in that book. Yet, Obama and his supporters are now trying to say he cannot produce the same document he wrote about in his book.
Obama must have used his Hawaiian Certificate of Live Birth (the long-form original birth certificate) on all of the other occasions before 2000-2001 when he was called upon to produce one to enter schools, apply for his license to practice law before he was disbarred or compelled to surrender his law license, and to apply for his U.S. Passport. It is fair to presume he should still have the Hawaiian Certificate of Live Birth (the long-form original birth certificate) he used on those occasions.
Then there is the fairy tale or blatant lie the Hawaii Department of Health, Obama, and his supporters are broadcasting, claiming the Hawaiian Certificate of Live Birth (the long-form original birth certificate) is not available even to Obama because the Hawaiian Certification of Live Birth (short-form transcript) was and is the only form of birth certificate provided by Hawaii. Up until very recently, other people were requesting their Certificate of Live Birth (the long-form original birth certificate) and receiving it, and not the Hawaiian Certification of Live Birth (short-form transcript). When the blogosphere posted images of these long-form documents proving the claim to be a lie and a fraud, the Hawaii Department of Health suddenly began to refuse requests for the Certificate of Live Birth (the long-form original birth certificate) in an apparent attempt to protect Obama by giving the false impression the Certificate of Live Birth (the long-form original birth certificate) was not available to him before the most recent twelve months.
So, this Department of State representation that dual citizenship is supposed to be recognized by the U.S. Government is just another part of the scheme to undermine the fundamental value of U.S. citizenship, the electoral system and U.S. citizens’ votes, and the duty of allegiance and loyalty to the other citizens of the United States. It is another subversion of the Constitution by rewriting history and the Federal regulations.