For decades, dual citizenship in the United States has been a settled issue. Legally protected. Politically untouchable.
Until now.
Senator Bernie Moreno (R–Ohio) has recently introduced the Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025—a bill that would ban dual citizenship and treat holding a second passport as automatic surrender of US nationality.
The irony is hard to miss. Moreno himself immigrated from Colombia and voluntarily renounced his Colombian citizenship when he became American. He calls that choice a symbol of exclusive loyalty—and now wants to impose that symbolism on millions who never made such a choice.
That said, we understand—and to a large extent share—the frustration behind the bill.
In parts of the country, large immigrant communities treat American identity as optional, disregard civic norms, and prioritize allegiance to their country of origin, ethnic group, or religious community over loyalty to the United States.
But here’s the hard truth: you can’t legislate loyalty with paperwork. A person’s citizenship—and the passport that comes with it—is exactly that: paperwork. It doesn’t create allegiance, enforce values, or change behavior.
In our latest report, we explain:
- What the bill actually proposes—and who it would hit first
- Why as many as 20 million Americans could be thrown into legal jeopardy
- Why we think the chances of the bill passing are close to zero
- And how second citizenship is treated around the world
Read the full analysis below.
The latest threat to American freedom came from an unexpected direction — not from a far-left, tax-hungry progressive eager to tighten the noose and trap you inside the system, but from someone on the opposite end of the spectrum proposing exactly the sort of citizen-locking policy you’d normally expect from the former. Senator Bernie Moreno…
