Regarding "membership" among a country's "nationals," with rights and privileges bestowed upon them according to that country's laws, such as voting and other similar rights.
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US jus soli edge case
Ok, so there is this border wall along the Southern border of the US.
However, this wall is not constructed exactly at the border.
There is an offset of quite some distance where land south of the wall still belongs to the US but is inaccessible to…
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What's the most crucial issue when deciding Senator Cruz's citizenship?
Donald Trump is threatening to sue Senator Cruz for his citizenship issue. I understand Senator Cruz was born to an American mother and Cuban father in Canada .
I understand it would not be an issue if he had been born in the U.S. or its territory…
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Can you be made a citizen against your will and extradited?
Can someone who does not consider himself a US citizen be extradited and punished for a US felony crime due to a US citizenship?
I was fascinated by the above linked question. Most of the material in response seemed to be about the idea that a…
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Does Pope Leo XIV lose his citizenships?
Does the new Pope lose his citizenships of Peru and the United States respectively on becoming the Pope?
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When does a person lose diplomatic status?
Ahmed Ali Muthana, father of Hoda Muthana, "claims" that he was no longer working as a diplomat at the time of his daughter's birth, thereby insisting that his daughter was born a US citizen under the 14th Amendment to the United States…
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Will SCOTUS be forced to rule on birthright citizenship soon?
John C. Eastman, professor of law, Chapman University, wrote this in Newsweek a few days ago:
Indeed, the Supreme Court has never held that anyone born on U.S. soil, no matter the circumstances of the parents, is automatically a U.S.…
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Is there any legal obligation to allow non-citizen parents to stay with their citizen children?
Recently, there has been quite a bit of uproar in the news about the citizenship (or lack thereof) of illegal immigrants' children born in the United States.
Presuming that the courts decide that illegal immigrants' post-migration children are born…
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Can an extra-terrestrial be legally adopted?
Background: My client has disclosed to me that he is an extra-terrestrial entity who arrived from another planet some time after 1900. He was sent to Earth in a rocket by his (now dead) parents, then placed up for adoption and legally adopted by two…
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What actually are the consequences of being "stripped of citizenship"?
In this other question, Russians were being threatened with loss of citizenship for failing to sign a contract to serve in the military.
But I assume a non-citizen wouldn't be eligible for military service in the first place, and that the government…
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Not registering my US born child of 1 US parent as a US citizen
I, a US citizen, married my wife, from EU country (not Britain), in the US. We live in the US while my wife finishes school (2-3 years) on an F1 visa and then plan to move to back to the EU. My wife will give birth to our child in the US, but I…
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Can an American living in the UK become a British citizen without losing American citizenship?
If an American citizen living in the United Kingdom (England if it matters) meets all of the UK's requirements for naturalization, can he become a British citizen without losing his American citizenship?
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What is the current legal status of birthright citizenship in the U.S. while legal challenges are ongoing?
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." This has…
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Could a foreign power remove an Australian member of federal parliament by declaring them a citizen?
Recently a number of Australian members of the federal parliament have been referred to the high court because they might have a foreign citizenship. The first was a simple oversight by the politician in question, but the rest start to get a little…
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What is a sure shot way of proving citizenship of India?
According to a ruling by the Bombay High Court in 2013, an Indian passport cannot prove citizenship. Also, in 2019, the Government of India claimed that 'common documents' were enough to prove citizenship.
What are the documents or paperwork which…
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Does revocation of U.S. passport imply revocation of U.S. citizenship?
When a U.S. passport is explicitly revoked (in contrast to it, say, simply expiring), does that also imply revocation of the holder's U.S. citizenship?
For example, when the U.S. revoked Ed Snowden's U.S. passport, did he yet remain a U.S. citizen,…
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