Germany's Plan to End Dual Citizenship
Germany let new citizens retain their old passports in 2024, and a record 332,500 people naturalized in 2025. Senior figures in the ruling CDU are now drafting a plan to end it. No bill exists yet, and any law would need the Social Democrats. In the United States, the Justice Department made denaturalization an enforcement priority in 2025. A false tax return filed before naturalization can now start a case to strip a person's citizenship. IMI covers what the German plan could mean for Germans who buy a second passport, a Houston accountant whose 7,712-dollar refund led prosecutors to move…
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