In a bold, long-overdue move that has electrified the America First base, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) introduced landmark legislation to **end dual citizenship in the United States once and for all**—a reform many conservatives have demanded for decades. Moreno’s bill, the *Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025*, would require Americans to hold **one citizenship and one allegiance: to the United States of America, period.**
For years, dual citizenship has been defended by globalists, academics, and the professional political class. But to ordinary Americans—and to historic patriots like Teddy Roosevelt—dual citizenship has always been an absurd loophole. A nation cannot demand loyalty while simultaneously endorsing split allegiance. And as Moreno sees it, in an era of mass migration, foreign influence campaigns, and an increasingly fragile national identity, the United States can no longer afford blurred loyalties.
Moreno, born in Colombia and naturalized at 18, made clear that his stance isn’t theoretical — it’s personal.
“One of the greatest honors of my life was becoming an American citizen,” he told Fox News Digital. “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.”
Announcing the bill on X, he put it even more bluntly:
“It’s time to end dual citizenship for good. America First and America Only.”
Under the proposed law, any U.S. citizen who also holds foreign citizenship would have **one year** to make a choice: keep their U.S. citizenship or keep their foreign one. No more hedging. No more living under two legal regimes. No more voting in American elections while answering to another country’s government.
To implement the change, the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security would be required to build databases identifying dual citizens and tracking compliance. Those who fail to declare their loyalty would be **presumed to have relinquished their U.S. citizenship** — a firm but fair approach echoing early American expectations of exclusive national devotion.
Supporters argue that dual citizenship has long been exploited, particularly in an era of globalism when many privileged elites treat American citizenship like a disposable accessory, not a solemn commitment. Some have used dual status to dodge taxes, skirt accountability, or maintain escape hatches should their left-wing policy experiments collapse the cities they run.
And in a geopolitical climate where foreign adversaries—from Beijing to Caracas to Tehran—routinely plant influence networks on American soil, divided allegiance is no longer an academic concern. It’s a national security threat.
Moreno’s legislation arrives as several GOP lawmakers are pushing parallel reforms, including bills that would bar dual citizens from serving in Congress. Conservatives argue that no lawmaker should possess loyalty to more than one flag while crafting America’s laws.
For the America First movement, Moreno’s bill isn’t about hostility toward immigrants—it’s about restoring the **meaning of American citizenship**, a meaning the Left has spent years trying to water down.
In the senator’s words:
“If you want to be an American — it’s all or nothing.”
And millions of patriots agree: it’s about time.
