Comment on As a US citizen who was born in the UK, how risky is it to leave and reenter the US right now?

Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• radix@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

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  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Italy and Ireland were like the last two countries that you could claim citizenship through great-grandparents, but I think Italy just ended it this year.

    thanks for posting this, it’s the first I’ve heard of maybe a US citizen being deported.

    I’m looking into related posts to find corroboration and explanation for the term “parole” used here.

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    • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      it’s the first I’ve heard of maybe a US citizen being deported.

      It’s been happening for years. From the Washington Post:

      The U.S. government does not release data on how often ICE wrongfully detains or deports U.S. citizens. But investigations by media outlets, research institutes and oversight agencies have revealed that ICE has arrested, detained, deported and issued detainers — requests to local jails to hold a person in custody — for thousands of citizens since the agency was created in 2003. One 2011 study estimated that roughly 1 to 1.5 percent of deportees are U.S. citizens.

      https://archive.is/20250411190043/https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/05/us-citizens-deported-immigration/

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      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Thanks, I meant intentional deportations of US citizens.

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    • couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      From what I read itsly “ended” it, but it’s not confirmed permanent yet, there will be a vote 60 days after march 28 to make it permanent. Their new restrictions are pretty extreme though. I would expect the vote to not pass, but some other version of this will get passed at some point.

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      • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s literally a fascist government, what do you expect. They were fairly moderate until Trump’s election basically gave them permission to go nuts.

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      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        oh shoot I just thought they got rid of the “great” part and you can still become a citizen if you have italian grandparents, what are the new restrictions?

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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts,

    I’m guessing they intended to send this notice to one of this lawyer’s clients, rather than the lawyer themself?

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    • radix@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      On the one hand, it has to be a mistake, right?

      On the other, malicious harassment of an immigration lawyer with a “foreign” sounding name is exactly the sort of thing you’d expect right now.

      Absolute best case scenario for this administration is that they are prone to making stupid, dangerous, embarrassing mistakes that will end up getting someone hurt or worse. And that’s giving them way more benefit of the doubt than they’ve earned.

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• jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah as much as I like to shit on Trump, citizens are not really at much risk. Maaaaybe if you have a criminal record they could try some shit, but it would be a shift for the administration

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  • ParadeDuGrotesque@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not really at much risk… YET.

    Give it another 6 months or so.

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• db2@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Or brown.

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  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    not with regard to this specific situation, since white people have been deported or turned away due to their visa status, but under this administration anyone not white should feel way more targeted than they might be under other administrations.

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