My impression and I may be mistaken is that Boris has previously entered and departed the US using a British issued passport and that this requirement is relatively new, (most likely about five years old) the fact that he can renounce his US citizenship and have apparently NO problem entering makes the rule and my understanding of it at this time fairly ridiculous..
My impression and I may be mistaken is that Boris has previously entered and departed the US using a British issued passport and that this requirement is relatively new, (most likely about five years old) the fact that he can renounce his US citizenship and have apparently NO problem entering makes the rule and my understanding of it at this time fairly ridiculous.
The requirement, contained in
8 U.S.C. 1185(b), has been in effect since at least 1994, if I'm reading the
legislative history correctly. Before 1994, it appears that a U.S. citizen could enter the U.S. on any valid passport.
I can't find any committee report explaining why the provision was added. The U.S. is far from the only country requiring its citizens to enter and leave the country on that country's passport, however.