If you're an American who's eligible for Spanish citizenship, you may be considering what this will mean for your US citizenship. Can you keep it? Should you renounce US citizenship? And is Donald Trump planning to change citizenship laws in some way?
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Updated: Wed 20 May 2026 12:14 CET
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Spain and the US have different rules regarding dual citizenship. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty/AFP
If you're an American who's eligible for Spanish citizenship, you may be considering what this will mean for your US citizenship. Can you keep it? Should you renounce US citizenship? And is Donald Trump planning to change citizenship laws in some way?
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