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• kersploosh@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Thanks, I meant intentional deportations of US citizens.

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    • just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nothing says they weren’t intentional.

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      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        nothing says they were.

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• couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨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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    • couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      edition.cnn.com/2025/04/01/travel/…/index.html

      boccadutri.com/italian-citizenship-by-descent-dec…

      Some resources. There’s a whole new list of requirements.

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      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        yea, those are all the restrictions I mentioned above.

        as far as I’m aware it’s just the “great” part that changed.

        but those citizenship restrictions are no less onerous and still a great deal easier than most pther countries.

        basically, as long as you have a parent or grandparent who is an Italian citizen or became one, you can become an Italian citizen also by filling out a form.

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