To: Go Gordon
I believe he had an Indonesian passport, which you can't get without being a citizen of Indonesia. Which only shows that he was an Indonesian citizen, in addition to his US citizenship. That is perfectly legal under US law.
156 posted on
10/21/2008 11:56:12 AM PDT by
Citizen Blade
(What would Ronald Reagan do?)
To: Citizen Blade
"Which only shows that he was an Indonesian citizen, in addition to his US citizenship. That is perfectly legal under US law."
Actually, U.S. law does not acknowledge dual citizenship at all. Either one is a U.S. citizen, or one is not; the beliefs of other nations about a person's citizenship in their country are not taken into reference in deciding this. The U.S. State Department acknowledges that U.S. citizens in fact hold passports from other countries, but U.S. policy and law would not permit anyone to officially acknowledge a U.S. citizen's citizenship of any other country.
162 posted on
10/21/2008 12:05:39 PM PDT by
Philo-Junius
(One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
To: Citizen Blade
How long has duel citizenship been illegal between US and Indonesian country?
To: Citizen Blade
Which only shows that he was an Indonesian citizen, in addition to his US citizenship. That is perfectly legal under US law. But at the time, Indonesia did not allow dual citizenship. Hence, he could not be a US citizen when he had the Indonesian passport.
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