For U.S. citizens with dual citizenship, a question of forced choice

To be clear, I don’t have any dual citizenship, so I’m ineligible for a direct answer.

But it’s a huge question for my cousins, who are US citizens by birth, but lived in Israel after my aunt emigrated until their majority. Of the three, two live in the US year round, though they visit their mother semi-frequently. The third came to the states to go to college, and after returned to Israel and has fundamentally not left. He is all but certain to renounce his US citizenship, and I know his kids pretty much consider themselves 100% Israeli.

Of my other two cousins in the states, well, I think the middle cousin would renounce her Israel citizenship, mostly because she gets more support here than she would in Israel and isn’t particularly close with her mother (mother/daughter issues). My eldest cousin I think would be close to 50/50 - his business is here but he’s very attached to his mother, and I could see him go either way.

A very ironic twist though is all three are heavy Trump supporters, based almost entirely due to his stance on Jerusalem and related issues. Despite this, his administration is going to throw them under a bus on this issue, and I’m tempted (not gonna do it, but tempted) to throw this in their faces if it goes into effect.

Actually, now that I think/type about it, I’m pretty sure the youngest cousin (they’re all older than me though) has already renounced his US citizenship, when he was working for then new-to-the position President (largely ceremonial) Reuven Rivlin.

(whom I got to meet in late summer of 2014 when I visited)

The Bill has been introduced by Sen. Bernie Moreno. SFAIK the administration doesn’t have a position on it yet.

As already pointed out in this thread, Melania Trump would likely be affected by this Bill; so would Barron Trump. It’s quite possible that there are other significant figures in the Trump administration who have dual citizenship — there’s a sporting chance that Marco Rubio is a Cuban citizen. Trump’s children by Ivana Trump quite possibly have Czech citizenship. So Trump may not rush to endorse this Bill.

Thank you for the correction - it seems so “on topic” for Trump and MAGA that I assumed it already had his blessing - and for him and his cohorts, it’s always “Of COURSE they’d pick being American - that’s what everyone (especially in s***hole countries) wants to be!”

[no, I’m not endorsing that POV, but channeling far too many ignorant MAGA-types]

And I’m sure he assumes that for his family, and while others in his circle may not, they’re likely too scared of being cast out to say much. Though there are some cracks these days…