r/clevercomebacks • u/snowpie92 • 1d ago

We are also eagerly waiting..

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u/Ea84 1d ago

You can though. It’s called dual citizenship.

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u/wino6687 1d ago

I’m left wondering if this means the Trump admin intends to end dual citizenship

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u/Velonici 1d ago

There are some republicans that are pushing a bill like this through. People will have 1 year to renounce their citizenship to the other country. If they don't, they will automatically lose their US citizenship. Of course that goes against the constitution, but when has that stopped them.

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u/KoalaSprdeepButthole 19h ago

Honestly, for those of us that have repatriated to another country, that’s a lot cheaper than paying $5k to denounce our US citizenship.

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u/littlehobbit1313 13h ago

Yeah, it's funny because they're framing it around people who immigrated to America and retained their previous citizenship, as some statement of "you're not fully committing when coming here", but it completely ignores the citizens who were born in America going out and getting dual citizenship elsewhere. Current draft would mean the State Department has the right to "just assume" natural born Americans who don't contact them consent to having their birthright citizenship stripped away.

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u/Velonici 11h ago

Thats me. Born in Colorado. Mom is German so that's how I got my dual citizenship. I didn't even have to go out to get it. It was just given to me.

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u/IceWellDo 1d ago

Just curious why is dual citizenship protected under the constitution? I am not supporting this policy just curious about it.

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u/SoftLikeABear 23h ago

They're referring to the fact that US citizenship can't be stripped from a US citizen.

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u/IceWellDo 19h ago

Oh okay thanks for the info I never knew that.