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Yes, I get it, thanks. But why would a Conservative British MP be put on an Terrorist Watch List just because he was born in America? Is it because he has had to renounce his American Citizenship in order for American Customs to recognise the fact that he is a British citizen?

We don't do this in reverse. I gave an example previously of Catherine Zeta Jones. British-born: she had a British passport and now has an American one. We wouldn't force her to regain her British passport before allowing her to enter the country. We recognise American passports as belonging to friends and allies. So why do American customs not return the favour?

"But why would a Conservative British MP be put on an Terrorist Watch List just because he was born in America?"

It's not because he was born in America, it's because he's become a British MP. IIRC, you cannot hold a position in a foreign government, and retain your US citizenship. If I did something like that, I'd also lose my military retirement check, as well. The one thing that would indicate that he did not INTEND to give up his US citizenship would be to maintain his US passport. If he didn't intend to maintain his US citizenship, he's supposed to renounce it in front a State Department official, but having done so publicly, in writing, is quite likely to have that effect anyway.

I don't mind people becoming so enamoured of a foreign country that they live there full time. I've got friends who do so in Germany and Britain, in point of fact. They also maintain their US passports, though. If I hadn't had children, I could have done so with the Republic of Turkey, myself. For that matter, I don't mind foreigners who want to reside here, as long as they follow the legal procedures to do so. However, if Mr. Johnson doesn't want us, we don't want him, either. At all.