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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Will Lorca

Bill Could Force 5M Americans, Including Melania Trump and Elon Musk, to Renounce Dual Citizenship

Melania Trump has one year to renounce her Slovenian citizenship or lose her US status under the Republican proposal. (Credit: Shealah Craighead/Wikimedia Commons)

A Republican senator's bill to ban dual citizenship would place First Lady Melania Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk, and an estimated five million Americans in an impossible dilemma: choose one country or automatically lose US citizenship.

The Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025, introduced by Senator Bernie Moreno on 1 December, explicitly prohibits 'dual or multiple citizenship'. If the bill were to become law, citizens would have a strict 12-month window to resolve their status.

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