At one time it was necessary to renounce the citizenship of any other country to become a US citizen as part of the oath of allegiance.
That made perfect sense to avoid conflicts of interest even if the other country was supposedly a friend. Other countries have different priorities and interests than the USA.
Any elected official should be required to renounce all foreign citizenships. We have to much influence in the USA by world corporations that have no USA citizenship and by those who straddle fences of allegiance. Elected officials must have only one country of allegiance.
Oath of Allegiance:
“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the armed forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.”
Good post and link.
When entering the US as a ‘dual/multi-citizen’ you MUST present your US passport and represent yourself as a US citizen. I assume you must also represent yourself as a US citizen in any legal or financial dealings while in the US.
This is where Obama may have a problem in the 1979 timeframe. Declaring as a foreign national upon entry and ‘leveraging’ a foreign status during college may be a serious issue for him.
Without a doubt Obama was considered an Indonesian citizen since both of his parents were considered Indonesian citizens by Indonesia. Even though his mother seems to have retained her dual status during her time there Obama probably could not as a child. Hence the likely reason he was removed from her passport in 1968.
Indonesia law mandates that a wife of a citizen does become an Indonesia citizen after a period of time after marriage unless he spouse renounces their Indonesian citizenship within a year. After moving to Indonesia in 1967 the mother probably had to legally establish her Indonesian citizenship while there. Obviously with that action Obama also became an Indonesian citizen.
So without a doubt Obama had Indonesian citizenship status after 1968. That never gets reported.