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That sounds very cruel to the many accidental Americans out there, should the US have banned Boris Johnson [1] from ever entering the US just because of his place of birth? The more intelligent option for all countries would be to make citizenship performance based, if you live and contribute to a certain society, you ought to be considered part of it instead of current system of nonsense.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/08/boris-johns...

Some countries don’t allow dual citizenship. Japan might be one. I know someone who had to give up their citizenship to be able to live with family when they turned 18. What you suggest would be cruel and provide little value.

This is ridiculous. Why? If you don't want the protections that come with being represented by the US state department why should you pay anything? A tax loophole? It's beyond a tax loophole, you're losing representation and access to the services you no longer pay for, sounds like a fair deal to me.

Permanently barred from entry? Why should these people be treated any differently from any other foreigner?

Could you explain your reasoning?

> Ideally renouncing also places you on a never to re admit entry to US list.

Why? What if I don't want to be a US citizen, but do want to continue to contribute to US society/economy by living/working there?