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An American can lose citizenship for varying reasons. Some of these reasons include being convicted for treason, voluntarily renouncing U.S. citizenship and obtaining naturalization in a foreign state.

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It depends on the circumstances.

By international law, it is illegal to strip somebody of their citizenship if this would render them stateless. If you are a US citizen and are not a citizen of ANYWHERE else and nobody else will give you citizenship or take you in, you cannot be stripped of your citizenship.

If you have Dual Citizenship, (like if you have American and Canadian citizenship) then you can be stripped of your citizenship for things like treason. Most likely though, the government will just throw you in jail and not worry about trifles like citizenship.

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