Canada has denied permanent resident status to a former officer of the Philippine National Police for his role in the Duterte administration's bloody war on drugs, citing a law that bars entry and residence to those who have "[violated] human or international rights."
#Philippines #Asian #Canada #HumanRights #Crime #Police #Citizenship #Duterte @pinoy
#Trump asked #SCOTUS to okay plan to end #BirthrightCitizenship
Trump asked the #SupremeCourt on Thurs to allow US ofcls to begin implementing a limited plan to end birthright #citizenship for #children born in the #UnitedStates to undocumented immigrants & visitors.
Judges in 3 states have issued nationwide orders blocking Trump’s #ExecutiveOrder, which #CivilRights groups & Democratic-led states say is clearly at odds w/the nation’s history & the #Constitution.
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/13/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-trump/
Congressional #Republicans are pushing a #Trump backed bill that would make sweeping changes to #VoterRegistration, including requiring those signing up to present documents proving US #citizenship. But tens of millions of Americans say they don't have easy access to such documents, & critics say the proposal would dramatically depress voter participation.
#law #VotingRights #CivilRights #USpol
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5301676/save-act-explainer-voter-registration
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#LifeInTheUKTest #UKResidency #UKVisa #Citizenship #ImmigrationHelp
An online petition calling on the Canadian government to revoke Elon Musk's citizenship has been signed by more than 300,000 people (when told this on X, Musk replied, in a now-deleted post, "Canada is not a real country"). But according to experts, that's highly unlikely to happen. @cbcnews explains why.
During the 1st #cabinet meeting of his 2nd term, #Trump emphasized the import of the govt-slashing effort run by #ElonMusk, & both men doubled down on #Musk’s directive that #FederalWorkers reply to an email listing their week’s achievements. Several #FederalAgencies told employees to ignore the email, & eventually the #OPM said the directive “voluntary.” Trump also touted his #GoldCard idea that sells #wealthy foreigners #citizenship & claimed his 1st month was a total success.
Why Canada can't strip Elon Musk of Canadian citizenship
More than 263,000 Canadians have signed a petition to strip billionaire Elon Musk of Canadian citizenship. But to do that, the Canadian government would have to change the law.
#politics #law #citizenship #Canada #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elon-musk-canadian-citizenship-1.7468330?cmp=rss
Born here? Sorry. Got cash? Okay, sure.
#CitizenshipForSale
#Trump floats $5 million '#GoldCard' as a route to #US #citizenship
Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of replacing a #visa program for foreign investors with a so-called "gold card" that could be bought for $5 million as a route to American citizenship.
#NationalSecurity #law #immigration #MafiaState #kleptocracy #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-end-eb-5-immigrant-investor-visa-program-2025-02-25/
A petition to revoke Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship has gained traction, with more than 170,000 signatures as of Monday morning.
Canadians who’ve signed the petition are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to revoke Musk’s dual citizenship and his Canadian passport.
#Canada #UnitedStates #Immigration #Canadian #Politics #Citizenship
One measure of how popular Brexit is in the UK, is how many people have been scrambling to find Irish grandparents to facilitate an application for Irish (and thereby EU) citizenship via Foreign Births Register.
Applications reached a new high of 23,456 last year, which while a small absolute number does indicate (as the chart shows) a significant increase in applications.
Those of use without Irish ancestry can just look on (sometimes envious, no doubt).
Thousands have electronically signed a petition calling for revocation of Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship over his role in the Trump administration, which is pointedly threatening Canada’s sovereignty.
#Canada #UnitedStates #GeoPolitics #Petition #Canadian #Citizenship
#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #Citizenship
From CNN.com: Trump can’t end birthright citizenship, appeals court says, setting up Supreme Court showdown
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"#Black troops during the Civil War continued to face entrenched and vicious prejudice, as do Black people today. But #military service during the #war played an important role in solidifying Northern support for emancipation and for #citizenship." https://www.liberalcurrents.com/representation-matters/
"Many countries’ #immigration policies rely in part on a valid #passport. For those seeking to establish permanent residency or #citizenship in a new country, a prohibition on updating or maintaining an updated #gender marker could reach far beyond the borders of the United States. " https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politics-of-passports/
Judge who is familiar with the Constitution says children born here are Americans, just like the 14th Amendment says
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/judge-who-familiar-constitution-says-children-born
#Boston #lawsuits #immigrants #citizenship
Just in case you thought the disgrace of the Windrush Scandal had been resolved in favour of those the Home Office had wrongly denied (indeed worked to destroy evidence of) their right to remain in the UK, actually cases are still wrecking the lives of victims of the callousness of the Home Office.
As always once the press focus moves on s the Home Office 'forgets' its commitments to sort out the problem(s)
Voting 19-1, the PH Senate grants Philippine citizenship to Li Duan Wang, despite the objections of Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros.
Wang has been connected to Chinese spy She Zhijiang.
#Philippines #Asian #Espionage #Citizenship #Immigration @pinoy
#Trump II is upon us, and the administration has taken aim to reduce #citizenship rights and deport immigrants, despite the longstanding truth that arguments against #immigration don't hold much water. Associate editor Paul Crider is Samantha and Jason's guest on this week's Neon Liberalism #podcast. https://www.liberalcurrents.com/neonliberalism/neon-liberalism-11-immigration-is-good-actually/
#USA: #Navajo people being detained in #immigration sweeps... “Since President Donald Trump issued his executive order for an increase in #ICE raids, Navajo tribal leaders have received alarming reports that their tribal members are being detained… 8 Navajo citizens…were detained for hours with no cell phones or ability to contact their families or tribes.” | See the full story in the Arizona Mirror https://azmirror.com/2025/01/24/reports-of-navajo-people-being-detained-in-immigration-sweeps-sparks-concern-from-tribal-leaders/#IndigenousRights #citizenship #ArbitraryDetention #lawfedi #law
a good writeup on the #citizenship issue.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order/
#tldr
#tRump is trying to make citizenship a gift and not a right.
It goes down hill from there
Contrary to popular (entirely justified) fear, the executuve branch of the US government can't actually do any ol' wacky thing it wants. A lot of lawyers and judges are going to be kept very busy for the next few years going, "uh, yeah, you can't do that, legally speaking, dude".
(Of course the judiciary has been, by design, pretty heavily stacked with judges who are willing to blow off the law and allow wildly illegal shit to happen anyway, but not *all* of them will.)
After the U.S. stripped her husband of his #citizenship, one Indian #American woman decided to fight on.
This the story of Kala Bagai and United States vs. Vaishno Das Bagai.
https://www.thejuggernaut.com/kala-bagai-vaishno-das-bagai-united-states-citizenship
(Shout-out to @anirvan)
Yes!
“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades,” the federal judge said. “I can’t remember another case where the question presented was as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order. Where were the lawyers when this decision was being made?” #birthright #citizenship #immigration #courts https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/23/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Immigration Reform:
First it was Illegals that committed crimes, then all illegals, then all illegals and their US Citizen children too, now the attempt to end Birthright Citizenship.
It won't end there. It will then go into revoking that birthright citizenship, and how far back are they going to be looking?
All those genetic tests and Genealogy is going to bite everyone.
