It applies to native-born and naturalized citizens.
I quote from the amended act, Section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1481), above.
Someone who commits a listed act can have their citizenship revoked by “a preponderance of the evidence” that they performed the act with the intent to revoke their citizenship.
A difficult standard of proof in this case, but lower than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard of criminal cases.
“the intent to revoke their citizenship.”
When someone states that they are acting as an enemy of the US, claims new citizenship elsewhere, and performs an act of war against the US, then that person could, and should, have their citizenship revoked.
The idea that a person simply can have their citizenship revoked for an illegal act is what has been presented here but that is not true.
“A person who is a national of the United States whether by birth or naturalization, “
Well, I stand corrected. However, the new law, as others already have pointed out, adds onyl an 8th element a person may voluntarily do to earn their citizenship being revoked and that is “engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against the United States.”
As others have already pointed out, Obama cannot simply declare a person to have done any item 1-8 and strip a citizenship. The courts have already said what process must be followed before that can happen and it is a long process.
Do you have any examples of a native born American citizen being stripped of citizenship? I suppose there are laws that he can be if he fights for a foreign nation nation against the USA. But are there any examples? The common situation is an immigrant being stripped of the US citizenship he attained when he commits certain crimes