"Under the bill, anyone who acquires foreign citizenship would be forced to relinquish their U.S. citizenship, and any who already hold foreign citizenship would have to submit a written renunciation of their U.S. or foreign citizenship to the government within a year. Those who didn't comply would be assumed to have renounced their U.S. citizenship. Anyone who relinquished their U.S. citizenship would be "treated as an alien for the purposes of the immigration laws," the bill says."
""Being an American citizen is an honor and a privilege - and if you want to be an American, it's all or nothing. It's time to end dual citizenship for good," said Moreno in a statement."
"The legislation directs the Secretary of State to establish a database on Americans with multiple citizenships."
Sen. Bernie Moreno introduced the Exclusive Citizenship Act to ban dual citizenship, asserting foreign citizenships create conflicts of interest and divided loyalties. The proposal would force anyone who acquires foreign citizenship to relinquish U.S. citizenship and require current dual citizens to submit a written renunciation of either U.S. or foreign citizenship within a year. Noncompliance would be treated as assumed renunciation of U.S. citizenship, and relinquished citizens would be treated as aliens under immigration laws. The Secretary of State would establish a database of Americans with multiple citizenships. The measure faces long odds given many prominent dual citizens and limited statistics on prevalence.
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