Should US citizens withi dual citizenship be allowed to be US politicians?

[cFortyfive]

I am surprised this thread has not been closed

I am not really there is a lot more xenophobe bs going around here usually.
Pretty hilarious thread nonetheless.
Of course I see no relevant reason why not. Loyalties ? Are you fucking kidding me.

[Themius]

You know... what about people who are born in America but have a mother or father who is from another country, they have dual citizenship. Take people with British parents for instance, they're considered British from birth (though they may lack the paperwork if they've never been there). They could one day request a passport and there we go, proof of dual citizenship.

[Gwiez]

Not just US/Israeli dual citizens, but I don't think any dual citizens should be able to hold elected office. When my sister worked for the DoD, she had a cap on the clearance she could get because one of her in-laws was Canadian, as I understood it. Frankly, I don't see how an adult could reasonably have dual citizenship. There's some adults who are prevented from having any citizenship at all, which is against the universal declaration of human rights.

[Biged781]

why shouldn't they be allowed to as long you were born a us citizen you should be allowed to run

Naturalized citizens can already run for office, unless they have their eyes set on the presidency. So many people in this thread have an opinion and don't even know how the system works currently...

[satimy]

Which is complete bullshit because as said, having citizenship in a particular country has no bearing on your loyalty to that country. This is just jingoistic bullshit on your part.

Yes it does, you should revoke any other citizenship when you want to serve our country to avoid conflicts.

[Elegiac]

Yes it does, you should revoke any other citizenship when you want to serve our country to avoid conflicts.

It does?

Source.

[satimy]

It does?

Source.

Show me a source that says its not a conflict

[Elegiac]

Show me a source that says its not a conflict

You are the one claiming it is a source of conflict, the burden is on you to provide proof of your claim.

[Warpaladin]

Born in the US - Yes.

Born anywhere outside the US - No.

This is all that matters

[Deleted]

Boris will be your king. Please take him. Boris for president 2016.

[Elegiac]

This is all that matters

No, it doesn't. The natural born requirement for Presidency is ridiculous.

Quite frankly I think the age requirements for elected officials are silly also.

[satimy]

You are the one claiming it is a source of conflict, the burden is on you to provide proof of your claim.

You are also claiming that it is not a source of conflict, so the burden of proof is on you as well. Keep derailing the thread though

[TidesOfBlood]

Hell, I think any US citizen should be allowed to be a US politician if that citizen was a stand up guy who can remove corruption from politics and make the us a better place than it is now.

[Elegiac]

You are also claiming that it is not a source of conflict, so the burden of proof is on you as well. Keep derailing the thread though

It has never been problematic historically. Also there is that thing about proving a negative.