A Senate Republican wants to end dual citizenship to require citizens to submit “exclusive allegiance” to the U.S.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, plans to introduce legislation on Monday that would require any U.S. citizen who has foreign citizenship to choose between the two countries, Fox News Digital has learned. It would also require that if a U.S. citizen seeks a foreign citizenship in the future, that person would effectively give up their U.S. citizenship.
Moreno, who was born in Colombia, said in a statement to Fox News Digital, “One of the greatest honors of my life was when I became an American citizen at 18, the first opportunity I could do so.”
“It was an honor to pledge an Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America and only to the United States of America. Being an American citizen is an honor and a privilege — and if you want to be an American — it’s all or nothing,” he said. “It’s time to end dual citizenship for good.”
Moreno’s bill fits into the broader fabric of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration in the U.S., and it isn’t the first time that a lawmaker has sought to undo dual-citizenship laws in the country.
Current law allows for Americans to hold citizenship both at home and abroad and does not require that a person choose one allegiance over the other.
