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Originally Posted by opendoor
That's not true at all in practice. For the last 30-40 years, the government and the courts have held the position that to lose your US citizenship upon naturalization in another country, you have to have obtained that second citizenship "with the intention of relinquishing United States nationality," and the onus is on the government to prove that the person had that intention. So in the vast majority of cases it is presumed that the US citizen wants to keep their nationality unless there are reasons to think otherwise (US citizen renounces, commits treason, takes a policy level position in a foreign government, etc.).
So while the US government doesn't encourage American citizens to acquire citizenship in other countries, they do recognize it and don't require you to renounce your US citizenship as a result.
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Yes, I believe this is correct. I think it's actually pretty hard to relinquish your US citizenship. The US wants to keep collecting your world income.
I also don't think there is anything that says dual born citizens (ie Canadian dad, American mom), have to pick a citizenship at 18. They are generally both unless they renounce one.