1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

I am writing to urge you to oppose the Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025, which would ban dual citizenship for all Americans. This legislation is fundamentally flawed on constitutional, administrative, and practical grounds, and would harm millions of law-abiding citizens. The bill would require existing dual citizens to renounce one nationality within one year or automatically lose their U.S. citizenship. This conflicts directly with Supreme Court precedent establishing that citizenship cannot be stripped without voluntary intent. Congress cannot redefine voluntary intent through arbitrary deadlines. The legislation would particularly harm accidental Americans, individuals who gained U.S. citizenship at birth but did not actively choose it, a group courts have historically protected. The administrative impossibility alone should disqualify this proposal. The State Department currently faces a renunciation appointment backlog exceeding 30,000 cases with annual processing capacity of only 5,000 cases. This bill would require millions of dual citizens to renounce within 12 months, creating a logistical nightmare that cannot be resolved. The real-world consequences would be devastating. American families living abroad would face impossible choices between maintaining residency rights, work authorization, healthcare access, and pension benefits in their country of residence or losing their U.S. citizenship entirely. Those who lose U.S. citizenship would face expatriation tax rules, including potential Exit Tax liability for anyone with net worth exceeding $2 million or annual income tax liability of $206,000 or more. They would need visas to visit family in the United States and lose voting rights and federal benefits. This legislation serves no compelling national interest while creating enormous hardship for Americans who have built lives across borders. Dual citizenship has been legal throughout our nation's history and poses no threat to allegiance or security. I strongly urge you to oppose the Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025 and protect the rights of millions of American dual citizens.