American Amsterdammers Give Up Nationality: "No Country I Want to Be Part of"

Approximately 42,000 people hold an American passport in addition to a Dutch passport, including many Amsterdam residents. Since 2009, they have been required to file tax returns in the US, so some of them are now giving up their passports. The current political climate is giving some of them the final push. Dirk, who prefers not to be published in the media with his full name, is one of these American Amsterdam residents. He was born in the Uni…