WEBVTT - 12-11-25 Sloan with Agustina Vergara Cid

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to be an American media?

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<v Speaker 2>Here we go, come before the storm, so to speak,

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<v Speaker 2>so to speak slowly on seven hundred WLW see winter

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<v Speaker 2>weather starts to move in. Got till tonight, then all

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<v Speaker 2>hall is going to break loose. So between now and then,

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<v Speaker 2>it's me and you this morning. And one of the

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<v Speaker 2>topics of interest today, at least that I found interesting,

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<v Speaker 2>is the end of dual citizenship in America. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>actually have the numbers in front of you. Probably if

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<v Speaker 2>I were better at my job, i'd looked that up.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, Bernie Moreno, our own Bernie Moreno, has proposed

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<v Speaker 2>the Exclusive Citizenship Act of twenty twenty five, and it

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<v Speaker 2>literally is ignited one of the most explosive civil liberities

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<v Speaker 2>debates in a long time. So dual citizenship is fully

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<v Speaker 2>legal right now, but the bill threatens to force millions

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<v Speaker 2>of Americans into a one year ultimatum. So you'd have

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<v Speaker 2>to make up your mind, and that is to abandon

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<v Speaker 2>your US passport and lose your citizenship automatically. You've choose

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<v Speaker 2>one team or the other. No more dual citizens in

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<v Speaker 2>the United States. And we'll get how that works in

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<v Speaker 2>just a second here. But first on the show is

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<v Speaker 2>Augustina Virgara Seed. On the show, she writes with the

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<v Speaker 2>Hill on RCPs, I'll say a young voice is senior

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<v Speaker 2>contributor Augustina, good morning, how are you?

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, Scott, Thank you so much for having me.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I got you. So let's just jump in.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me run down the list and kind of the

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<v Speaker 2>people aren't following this. You may not be following this entirely.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's what we had to do. Correct me if

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<v Speaker 2>I'm wrong, if I miss anything here too, It'd be

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<v Speaker 2>unlawful to hold US citizenship and any foreign citizenship at

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<v Speaker 2>the same time, and it'd take one hundred and take

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<v Speaker 2>effect one hundred eighty days after enactment. So for future citizens,

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<v Speaker 2>basically what happened is anybody who voluntary acquires foreign citizenship

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<v Speaker 2>after the effective date automatically loses their US citizenship, and

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<v Speaker 2>you would obtain a new foreign passport would also lose

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<v Speaker 2>your US citizenship if you're a current dual citizen. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a one year deadline, So within one year of enactment,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to choose a renounce your foreign citizens to

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<v Speaker 2>the State Department or be renounce your US citizenship to

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<v Speaker 2>Department of homeland security. And if you don't choose, then

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<v Speaker 2>you by default will give up your US citizenship. So

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<v Speaker 2>anyone who is born with a dual nationality, naturalized US citizens,

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<v Speaker 2>who retained original citizenship, Americans abroad who required foreignationality through

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<v Speaker 2>marriage or dissent or naturalization, that's what's in play here.

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<v Speaker 2>Did I miss anything important? Those all the facets of this.

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

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, could you tell us why?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I get immigration, I understand that, I understand

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<v Speaker 2>that there's a concerned about who's in our country.

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<v Speaker 3>We need to know who that is.

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<v Speaker 2>But and I suppose that there's concern that someone who

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<v Speaker 2>holds citizenship from China or Russia could be working in

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<v Speaker 2>sensitive US positions would be an example. I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>a valid worry. But why aren't we addressing it in

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<v Speaker 2>that fashion as opposed to just a blanket uster them philosophy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so it's a good question why this is allegedly

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<v Speaker 1>needed or and why? Now I read the bill, and

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<v Speaker 1>the bill does not have any really substantial destination of

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<v Speaker 1>why this is needed. So the build friends dual citizenship

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<v Speaker 1>as a potential source of alleged conflicts of interest or

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<v Speaker 1>divided loyalties, but the bill never defines what that means.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are essentially just buzzwords that really, if without any

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<v Speaker 1>sort of replanation, really don't mean much. So I think

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<v Speaker 1>that really this is a solutional search for a problem.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think that dual citizenship or multiple citizenship in

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<v Speaker 1>America is a problem that needs Congress to step in

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<v Speaker 1>and fix. Really, dual citizenship does not represent a threat

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<v Speaker 1>of any kind, and people who hold dual citizenship, by

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<v Speaker 1>myself am one such person. I do not have any

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<v Speaker 1>sort of do not represent a thread or anything in America.

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<v Speaker 1>But you just said that, Okay, maybe there might be

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<v Speaker 1>you know, sensitive positions that require that someone be native born, like,

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<v Speaker 1>for example, a constitution mandates that a person who is

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<v Speaker 1>naturalized cannot become pressed in the United States, or you

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<v Speaker 1>know that requires really you know, that that person has

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<v Speaker 1>only one citizenship. Then okay, that's great, let's address those

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<v Speaker 1>positions specifically. But there is really no reason to try

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<v Speaker 1>to impose only one citizenship on the rest of Americans.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and if you're worried about you know, spying, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's what this is, maybe that would prevent that summer.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you're still going to wind up getting you know,

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<v Speaker 2>sources and the like. I mean, look at how many

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<v Speaker 2>people have committed to reason who are naturally born US

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<v Speaker 2>citizens don't hold those those and there are US citizens

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<v Speaker 2>they are born here, their families here, who have committed

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<v Speaker 2>these types of crimes in the past. So that doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>seem to be good indicator if it's a national security issue.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, absolutely, there's really no This is not a threat.

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<v Speaker 1>And like when I judge the and laws, like, I

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<v Speaker 1>think they should pass one big test, which is does

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<v Speaker 1>this bill or these all do they protect the vision rights?

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<v Speaker 1>Like is there a need to pass this bill in

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<v Speaker 1>order to protect the visual rights as or constitution man made?

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<v Speaker 1>If the answer is no, then we have a problem.

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<v Speaker 1>And I really don't think that this bill is protecting

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<v Speaker 1>anyone's in the visual rights because there's really no threat

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<v Speaker 1>from holding multiple citizenships.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, the fourteenth Amendment is pretty clear anyone born in

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<v Speaker 2>the US as a citizen. We'd have to change if

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<v Speaker 2>someone's born in America, say to I don't know, Canadian

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<v Speaker 2>parents just Canada automatically confer citizenship at birth, And how

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<v Speaker 2>can Congress force that person to choose without violating birthright citizenship.

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<v Speaker 2>That's going to be a tricky one to navigate.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I think the bill poses many challenges in implementation,

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<v Speaker 1>and I do think that it's an constitutional because of

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<v Speaker 1>the Fourteenth Amendment, because what it asks, like you mentioned earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>what it asked Americans to do is if they hold

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<v Speaker 1>another citizenship and if they are native born and they

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<v Speaker 1>have American citizenship, because of the fourteenth Amendment that you mentioned,

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<v Speaker 1>it's forcing them to choose, and if they don't choose,

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<v Speaker 1>then their America's citizenship is taken away, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>not constitutional. You cannot take citizenship away from a native

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<v Speaker 1>born American unless e commit triaism, which not choosing a

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<v Speaker 1>citizenship is not an act of treason. I think, for instance,

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<v Speaker 1>like you said, that people who have who are native

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<v Speaker 1>born Americans and who have dual citizenship because of their

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<v Speaker 1>parents who might be from another country. I always think

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<v Speaker 1>of this example. There's a you know, m or rat

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<v Speaker 1>and Brown, the wide receiver from the Detroit Lions. He

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<v Speaker 1>has dual citizenship. He's American and he's German because his

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<v Speaker 1>mother is German. So we are asking Amaranpian Brown and

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<v Speaker 1>millions of other Americans who were native born to choose

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<v Speaker 1>nationality for really no reason, because it does not pose

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<v Speaker 1>any sort of stress. They do not post any sort

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<v Speaker 1>of threat to America, and I'm not violating anyone's individual rights.

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder how this is gonna work, Augustina with there's

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<v Speaker 2>countries like for example, Ireland, Italy in Israel in particular,

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<v Speaker 2>that actively encourage Americans to claim citizenship because of their

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<v Speaker 2>ancestry because of a Jewish law. This would essentially then

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<v Speaker 2>force those Americans to reject those ties. We know that

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<v Speaker 2>the ties and the support that this administration gives Israel,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not a good look. Or do they just say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>unless you're from Israel, it's a different story, which make

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<v Speaker 2>it very well and it just waters down the intent,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever intent that is of this particular proposal.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, that's one of the many reasons why I think

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<v Speaker 1>this is really not gonna work, including because look, for example,

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<v Speaker 1>I become an American this year, in July of this year,

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<v Speaker 1>and I could talk half an hour about what that

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<v Speaker 1>means to me and why exclusively be of my life

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<v Speaker 1>to be an American. But if I had to choose

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<v Speaker 1>between my two nationalities, I can't because I am originally

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<v Speaker 1>from Argentina, and Argentina does not renounce the citizenship because

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<v Speaker 1>I was born there, So that would mean that if

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<v Speaker 1>this bill were to pass, that would mean that I

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<v Speaker 1>would have to give up being an American because my

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<v Speaker 1>country of birth, which I didn't choose, does not allow

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<v Speaker 1>me to renounce my citizenship. And how is that fair?

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<v Speaker 1>Like I worked for decades to become an American, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a proud American and I took a note of

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<v Speaker 1>a llisions to this country. Why would someone want to

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<v Speaker 1>take that away from me? And I have literally no choice.

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<v Speaker 1>And there are other countries that also don't allow the

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<v Speaker 1>renunciation of their of the citizenship. I think Costa Rica

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<v Speaker 1>is one such country, and those people like me would

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<v Speaker 1>have absolutely no option. And thress people who have ties

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<v Speaker 1>to other countries Israel or whatever other country, and there

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<v Speaker 1>is no reason to make them choose a few of

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<v Speaker 1>reasons why people would hold multiple citizenships because they were

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<v Speaker 1>born there, because of cosural ties, because of tax reasons,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes because they are American and their spouse and they

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<v Speaker 1>live abroad with their spouse, and they for several reasons

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<v Speaker 1>referred to have that citizenship as well. And there's really

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<v Speaker 1>no reason to make them choose.

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<v Speaker 2>Augustina Virgara Seed on the show She Rich of the

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<v Speaker 2>Hill RCP, is a young voice and senior contributor and

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<v Speaker 2>talking about Senator Bernie Moreno's exclusive citizenship app as Citizenship

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<v Speaker 2>Act of twenty twenty five that essentially would divide Americans

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<v Speaker 2>a sense that if you hold dual citizenship here, you'd

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<v Speaker 2>have to renounce one of those, either with US or

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<v Speaker 2>against US. I guess as the mindset here, but you're talking,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean little millions of millions of people like yourself

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<v Speaker 2>that hold dual citizenship, and it's probably difficult enough for you.

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<v Speaker 2>But you recently became a citizen of the country.

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<v Speaker 3>I've seen it. Why Why the hell would you want

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<v Speaker 3>to come here?

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<v Speaker 1>Why wouldn't I? So I could say so much about this,

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<v Speaker 1>but essentially, I've been in love with America and America's

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<v Speaker 1>promise and what American represents since I basically first became

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<v Speaker 1>aware of the existence of America when I was a

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<v Speaker 1>little kid, and growing up, I realized that America is special.

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<v Speaker 1>America is different from any other countries. America is different

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<v Speaker 1>from the country where I was born and the values.

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<v Speaker 1>Growing up, I started studying American history and American political philosophy,

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<v Speaker 1>and I realized what an incredible achievement the American Founding

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<v Speaker 1>was historically philosophically, it truly is unique in human history.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is not just an abstract idea. That is

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<v Speaker 1>something that we see reflecting the freedoms that we enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>every day. America is literally, and I don't want and

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<v Speaker 1>I say this knowing the full meaning of it. America

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<v Speaker 1>is literally the best most moral country in the world

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<v Speaker 1>in it Founding principles, and I wanted to be part

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<v Speaker 1>of that. I wanted to live here and enjoy the

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<v Speaker 1>freedoms that our amazing Founding values allows us to have.

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<v Speaker 1>And truly, I am so so proud of in America.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's honedly an honor.

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<v Speaker 2>And I would think that that sediment you just so

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<v Speaker 2>articularly describe describes a lot of people who hold dual citizenships.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm sure someone's listening right now. And the case

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<v Speaker 2>you just made for becoming in America, which is a

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<v Speaker 2>difficult thing. It takes a tremendous amount of effort. We're

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<v Speaker 2>just born to do it. You had to work to

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<v Speaker 2>get here. I don't know how we could tell someone

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<v Speaker 2>like you.

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<v Speaker 1>No, yeah, I know that. You know, maybe not everybody

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<v Speaker 1>has studied in detail the political philosophy the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, in an implicit manner, they do. I

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<v Speaker 1>know so many people who are either immigrants to America

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<v Speaker 1>or that are naturalized citizens, and they do love this

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<v Speaker 1>country so much, and they do value the freedoms that

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<v Speaker 1>we have, and this is their country that they actually

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<v Speaker 1>chose me into America as I'm sure that many people

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<v Speaker 1>at this point. No, it's not easy to do. It's

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<v Speaker 1>really really hard to do it. It's really hard to

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<v Speaker 1>do it legally, which you know is the only path

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<v Speaker 1>to becoming a citizen, and we go through all that

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<v Speaker 1>trouble because we really really value this country. This country

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<v Speaker 1>is worth it. So yeah, it's really unfair, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>to you know, to impose this very onerous requirement of

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<v Speaker 1>people like me who truly love this country.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And the other thing, too is the practical implementation. I mean, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>it gives you, if this is enacted in past, it

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<v Speaker 2>gives people like yourself to those citizens one year to

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<v Speaker 2>pick the United States or the country you also hold

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<v Speaker 2>citizenship in. But I mean, how do you even do

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<v Speaker 2>this administratively? It's not like we have a comprehensive database

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<v Speaker 2>of people who hold foreign citizenship and the light we

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<v Speaker 2>know you have a you know, your old status here.

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<v Speaker 2>But I mean, how would you even go through the

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<v Speaker 2>notification produce It seems impossible.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, including because there is no registry of who polls

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<v Speaker 1>the world citizenship for multiple citizenship in America, So how

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<v Speaker 1>are we going to know? And yeah, it would be

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<v Speaker 1>a bureaucratic nightmare to do that, and it would be

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<v Speaker 1>so expensive, it will require so many resources, such payer money,

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<v Speaker 1>in order to just exclude people who for whatever reason

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<v Speaker 1>can't make a choice like myself, or just for whatever

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<v Speaker 1>reason do not want to make a choice. But they

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<v Speaker 1>are just as American as anybody else.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you're talking about a sizeable amount of the

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<v Speaker 2>other element here too, is that Okay, let's say maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you want to again. You go, okay, I'll be in America.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to renounce my Argentinian citizenship. You renounce that.

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<v Speaker 2>But what if the foreign country simply refused the process

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<v Speaker 2>that or just it's like okay, well fine, you want

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<v Speaker 2>to announce. It's going to cost you, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred thousand dollars to do that. Or it just

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<v Speaker 2>takes a lot longer than a year for them to

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<v Speaker 2>process all that stuff with this, so you can lose

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<v Speaker 2>your US citizenship. There's no fault her on. I mean, sure,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a pretty big do process violation, I would think,

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<v Speaker 2>would you agree.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, absolutely, I agree with that because the status of

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<v Speaker 1>the other citizenship has nothing to do with whatever the

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<v Speaker 1>US government decides decides to do. And like in the

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<v Speaker 1>case of like, like I said, like myself, I literally

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<v Speaker 1>cannot legally renounce my citizenship because Argentina does not allow it.

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<v Speaker 1>I will never stop being in Argentinian even if I try,

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<v Speaker 1>because it is illegal. Like, I literally cannot legally renowned citizenship.

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<v Speaker 1>So what do we do there? Should I these strips

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<v Speaker 1>with my citizenship because of you know, the Argentina a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'd never chose to be born there. That's that's

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<v Speaker 1>not right. And yeah, like you said, it can take

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<v Speaker 1>a long time to you know, renounce some some other

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<v Speaker 1>country citizenship, and it might be really expensive and there

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<v Speaker 1>might be you know, it might require years older, Like

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<v Speaker 1>there's so many things that can happen that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not a straightforward process, and that one year deadline,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really just not going to work.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I went down.

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

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<v Speaker 2>and trying to have them process that would be extremely difficult.

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<v Speaker 3>I think in a lot of these cases.

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<v Speaker 2>So how much is this then, Augustine, do you think

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<v Speaker 2>this is actually is this just political posturing?

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<v Speaker 3>Is this his bluster?

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean Bernie Marina proposes this, but does he

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<v Speaker 2>actually think it as a chance of passing or just

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<v Speaker 2>does it to offer I guess the core a gesture

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<v Speaker 2>saying hey, I'm getting tough on immigrants here in the

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<v Speaker 2>United States. It doesn't seem like, you know, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>big movement to get this passed, but along all the

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<v Speaker 2>details we just laid out and probably countless more make

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<v Speaker 2>it feel like it's an impossibility.

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<v Speaker 3>Is this just posturing?

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's there has to be some of that, because,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, I read the bill. There's really four

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<v Speaker 1>pages and that's not a lot. And I don't think honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>when I read the bill, I was expecting to find,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a long explanation why we need this. I

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<v Speaker 1>was expecting to find a longer explanation of how this

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<v Speaker 1>is actually going to work. The build laxing details, and

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<v Speaker 1>that makes me think that there is not a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of effort put into actually trying to make this to

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<v Speaker 1>persuade uh, you know, the Congress to pass this bill.

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<v Speaker 1>So and I know there's obviously there's gonna be if

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<v Speaker 1>this build is debated, there's going to be like a

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<v Speaker 1>whole debate and they're going to explain what it's about.

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<v Speaker 1>But like, I don't see it as a genuine effort

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<v Speaker 1>to solve a problem because there is no such problem.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said, I think this also comes at a

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<v Speaker 1>time where immigration is a it's a hot topic. Obviously

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<v Speaker 1>there is you know a lot of nationalism and rejection

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<v Speaker 1>of anything foreign, including people. And it comes also at

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<v Speaker 1>a time where Alcolo administration has been also weaponizing not

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<v Speaker 1>a citizenship as well. You know, they have threatened some people,

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<v Speaker 1>including ether Mask himself from you know, you know away

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<v Speaker 1>there's citizenship. So it's I think a way of playing

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<v Speaker 1>into this nationalism that is an e vogue in unfortunate

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<v Speaker 1>in America right now. And I really, I really think

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<v Speaker 1>I think this is really awful because even if it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't pass, which it will not pass, I can guarantee

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<v Speaker 1>you that this is scaring a lot of people. I

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<v Speaker 1>have gotten so many messages from people saying, hey, am

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<v Speaker 1>I going to have to renounce my US city? Like

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<v Speaker 1>what's going what's going on? I don't know what to do.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really scaring people. And some of the media also,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, does not do not help because they frame

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<v Speaker 1>it in a way as if sties were a fact.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is just a bill. But yeah, it's scaring

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people. And I don't I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>actually introducing this debate right now. It's actually a disservice.

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<v Speaker 2>Agree, I agree with. I guess it's it's politics is

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<v Speaker 2>worse in my opinion. It's just more posturing with no

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<v Speaker 2>intent of actually anything passed. But it's a gesture to

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<v Speaker 2>whom I don't know. But I think the country is

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<v Speaker 2>better people like yourself, you know, provided your you're paying taxes,

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<v Speaker 2>you're working, you're educated, you're contributing.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what we need. I gotta go. I appreciate the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Augustina Gergara Seed from the Hill and RCP and Young Voices,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks again, thank you so much, appreciate it. Let me

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