Very interesting....thank you for including me in your ping list!
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What did the Foreign Affairs Manual say in previous years, I wonder. Say about 15 to 20 years ago.
It isn’t a ping list, but you’re welcome. I pinged several who might be interested. I’ll have to pull an older copy of 7 FAM 1131 to see if the paragraph was added in whole or updated in part. I don’t remember ever reading it. I thought the italicized, red emphasis in the text was interesting. It seems a clear effort to dispute the theory that any citizenship granted by statute is in and of itself an act of naturalization.