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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
No.
American law does not require that immigrants renounce their citizenship of their original country.
I have a cousin who I am almost positive is a citizen of Senegal, but I know she is an American still.
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This does not hold true for anyone wishing to be President.
According to
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_a_US_p...al_citizenship
The Constitution contains the term "natural born" for a US president. This term was used to prevent anyone with the possibility of having a foreign allegiance from becoming commander-in-chief of US forces, for obvious reasons (super fifth column, anyone?) A person with dual citizenship owes allegiance to both the US and the foreign government. They are required to obey the laws of both countries, which of course for a sitting US President would be disastrous to the US nation.
The term "natural born" is used to mean a singular allegiance to one and only one nation. Dual citizenship contradicts this.
(Note that it is unique that the US president is also the commander-in-chief, which entrusts the office of president with great power, so a concern of allegiance was on the minds of the framers of the Constitution. Senators and Representatives can be naturalized; the President cannot, because of the Commander-In-Chief power.)
All NATURALIZED citizens have to take an oath of ALLEGIANCE, to confirm they only have allegiance to the US and no other country. But this is not enough to fully repudiate possible allegiances to other countries.