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#TrumpHatesMilitaryFamilies trends as administration to strip automatic citizenship right from some
Source: Newsweek
#TRUMPHATESMILITARYFAMILIES TRENDS AS ADMINISTRATION TO STRIP AUTOMATIC CITIZENSHIP RIGHT FROM SOME CHILDREN OF OVERSEAS TROOPS
BY CHANTAL DA SILVA ON 8/29/19 AT 6:08 AM EDT
The Trump administration has come under fire over a new policy change that will see some children of U.S. citizens working for the government that have been stationed abroad, including U.S. military personnel, stripped of their automatic right to American citizenship.
Presently, children born to parents stationed abroad are still legally deemed to be "residing in the United States," which allows the parents to acquire automatic citizenship for their children.
But under the new policy, as of October 29, certain parents serving overseas in the U.S. armed forces and with other branches of the federal government will be required to formally apply for U.S. citizenship on their children's behalf before their kids turn 18.
Among those who will have to apply for citizenship are parents whose children were not born as U.S. citizens, including for example, U.S. parents of adopted children born to non-citizens and parents who were not citizens at the time of their child's birth, but have since been naturalized.
While the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency has sought to explain away the policy shift as a means of reconciling federal immigration law with State Department procedures, many have accused the Trump administration of expanding its hard-line immigration crackdown to hurt military families serving the country abroad.
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BY CHANTAL DA SILVA ON 8/29/19 AT 6:08 AM EDT
The Trump administration has come under fire over a new policy change that will see some children of U.S. citizens working for the government that have been stationed abroad, including U.S. military personnel, stripped of their automatic right to American citizenship.
Presently, children born to parents stationed abroad are still legally deemed to be "residing in the United States," which allows the parents to acquire automatic citizenship for their children.
But under the new policy, as of October 29, certain parents serving overseas in the U.S. armed forces and with other branches of the federal government will be required to formally apply for U.S. citizenship on their children's behalf before their kids turn 18.
Among those who will have to apply for citizenship are parents whose children were not born as U.S. citizens, including for example, U.S. parents of adopted children born to non-citizens and parents who were not citizens at the time of their child's birth, but have since been naturalized.
While the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency has sought to explain away the policy shift as a means of reconciling federal immigration law with State Department procedures, many have accused the Trump administration of expanding its hard-line immigration crackdown to hurt military families serving the country abroad.
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Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-military-families-children-overseas-troops-automatic-citizenship-1456710
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