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Speaker 2: But anyway, Bernie Moreno, our own Bernie Moreno, has proposed

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Speaker 2: the Exclusive Citizenship Act of twenty twenty five, and it

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Speaker 2: legal right now, but the bill threatens to force millions

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Speaker 2: contributor Augustina, good morning, how are you?

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Scott, Thank you so much for having me.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I got you. So let's just jump in.

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Speaker 2: Let me run down the list and kind of the

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Speaker 2: So here's what we had to do. Correct me if

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Speaker 2: I'm wrong, if I miss anything here too, It'd be

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Speaker 2: basically what happened is anybody who voluntary acquires foreign citizenship

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Speaker 2: Did I miss anything important? Those all the facets of this.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's essentially what the bill is trying to do.

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Speaker 3: Yes, could you tell us why?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's a good question why this is allegedly

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Speaker 3: I've seen it. Why Why the hell would you want

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Speaker 2: And the other thing, too is the practical implementation. I mean, okay,

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Speaker 2: I'm going to renounce my Argentinian citizenship. You renounce that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I went down.

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Speaker 2: I think because you're talking about millions of people here too,

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Speaker 3: That's what we need. I gotta go. I appreciate the time.

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Speaker 2: Augustina Gergara Seed from the Hill and RCP and Young Voices,

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