Brexit Robs German Village of Scottish Mayor
The tiny village of Brunsmark, an hour outside Hamburg in the lush north German countryside, might seem an unlikely spot to suffer a sudden Brexit shock.
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Census Official Denies Red Flags Raised in GAO Audit
A nonpartisan government audit says preparations for the 2020 census are dangerously behind, weeks out from the nationwide launch, but the official at the helm told lawmakers Wednesday that the largest and most complex population count in U.S. history is on track.
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Feds Blocked From Using Marriage Interviews for Deportation
Immigration advocates expressed cautious optimism Monday after a judge in Maryland blocked federal agents from detaining immigrant spouses for deportation at green card marriage interviews.
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UK Woman Loses Challenge Aimed at Restoring Her Citizenship
A U.K. woman who as a teenager ran away to join the Islamic State group lost a legal challenge Friday aimed at restoring her citizenship, which was revoked on national security grounds.
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An immigration attorney sued the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in federal court for information about its alleged “efforts to systematically strip U.S. citizens of their citizenship” under the Trump administration.
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Italian-American Is New Star of Italian Left
A dual U.S.-Italian citizen who cut her political organizing teeth on two Barack Obama campaigns is emerging as the latest rising star in Italian politics.
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Some US Citizens Left Stranded in China
As hundreds of Americans prepare to evacuate Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the heart of the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 100, San Francisco native Doug Perez is staying behind.
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Muslim Women Lead Fight Against Modi’s Citizenship Law
In the Indian capital’s Shaheen Bagh neighborhood, beside open sewers and dangerously dangling electricity wires, a group of Muslim women in colorful headscarves sit in resistance to a new citizenship law that has unleashed protests across the country.
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New Visa Rule Aims to Crack Down on ‘Birth Tourism’
The Trump administration unveiled a new visa rule Thursday in an effort to stop pregnant woman from traveling to the U.S. so their children can be born American citizens.
Read moreHong Kong Airline Made Passenger Take Pregnancy Test
A Hong Kong airline forced a Japanese woman to take a pregnancy test before allowing her on a flight to a Pacific island popular with mothers seeking U.S. citizenship for their babies.
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Even Without Citizenship Question, Concerns for Census Persist
Partisan frustrations over the 2020 census flared Thursday on Capitol Hill as House Democrats consulted experts on how to reach hard-to-count communities when the once-in-a-decade tally gets underway.
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Modi Ratchets Up Repression Against India’s Muslims
Sometimes Arshad Hussain disappears. He will be sitting on the bed, watching relatives, neighbors and journalists pour into his house when suddenly scenes of his dead son wash over him.
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Canada Citizenship Confirmed for Son of Russian Spies
Canada’s Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed the right to Canadian citizenship for the son of Russian spies, whose case inspired the TV series “The Americans.”
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India Continues Killing Protesters: Toll at 8
The toll of the dead rose Friday to at least eight, with more than 1,200 protesters arrested in the capital alone as Indian police fruitlessly banned public gatherings many cities for a third day and cut internet services to try to stop protests against an anti-Muslim citizenship law.
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India Prohibits Protests, but They Continue Nationwide
Police arrested hundreds of protesters in some of India’s biggest cities Thursday as they defied a ban on assembly imposed to stop nationwide demonstrations against a new citizenship law targeted at Muslims.
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India Supreme Court Delays Hearing Amid Nationwide Protests
India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed hearing pleas challenging the constitutionality of a new citizenship law that has sparked opposition and massive protests across the country.
Read moreWoman Snared in Birth Tourism Scheme Sentenced to Time Served
A federal judge sentenced a Chinese national to time served in federal prison Monday for running a multimillion-dollar operation that helped wealthy Chinese women cheat on visa applications in order to give birth to their babies in the United States, netting the babies U.S. citizenship.
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American Samoans Ruled to Be US Citizens, Decision on Hold
A federal judge in Utah ruled that American Samoans should no longer be denied birthright citizenship.
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