If I recollect, I think that if you a child of an American born in Scotland you are forever Scottish in Scottish law. (They may have changed their law in the last 30 years!)
My comment was more a throw in comment. Looking at it more closely I would say that dual citizenship creates conflicts of interest in politicians at the very least. Do we want people with divided loyalties to create and uphold our laws?
(Q.v. Barrack Obama aka Barry Soetero aka Barry Obama, et al. )
To me it seems that there is also a fairness issue if you are a dual citizen who is using benefits in 2 countries when you have not contributed significantly in support of those benefits in one of the countries (this applies more to illegal aliens than Dual Citz.s)
https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2018/12/10/dual-citizens-in-congress-we-need-to-know/
“Until the Supreme Court decided otherwise in the 1967 case of Afroyim v. Rusk, a U.S. citizen who voted in a political election in a foreign state would lose his or her U.S. citizenship. Afroyim removed that penalty. It made dual or multiple citizenship legally permissible.”
Before I am accused of anti-Semitism or a McCarthyite witch hunt, let me repeat: there is nothing illegal about dual citizenship for any American, including Members of Congress. Though some may argue that dual citizenship of Senators and Representatives carries an inherent conflict of interest that should require renunciation, my case here is simply for transparency—public disclosure of any dual or multiple citizenship. I single out Israel only because of the possibly automatic nature of its Law of Return. Transparency as to dual citizenship should be required of any Member of Congress who accepts another citizenship, regardless of country.
So why is it important for citizens to know if any of their representatives in Congress is a dual citizen? Because both real and apparent conflicts of interest erode the public trust. When a Member of Congress speaks out in support of a policy that favors a country in which he or she holds citizenship, the public should be able to assess which loyalty motivates the speech....entire article/more at link.”
I agree that the focus should be on Transparency and Full Disclosure. This is especially important if some challenge comes up involving another country. Of course the official is going to need to stick up for truth, justice, and the American way. If they don’t they’ll lose their political clout in American and in Congress.
It bothers me when people say “America is BAD because America did [list of bad things]” because every time on those list of bad things if they were done wrongly its because the principles of Americanism were grossly violated. The goal of America has always been to form a more perfect Union. So when people say “America has been bad” then our answer should be “bad things have been done in America, since the Constitution we have been trying to form a more perfect Union, we’ve made a lot of progress, and we will continue to do so if we stick with the Constitution and these principles.”