The ad was straightforward: Sign up for one year to fight on Russia’s side in “the special military operation zone” — i.e. the war in Ukraine — and get citizenship, free healthcare, money and land. It was one of many promotions cropping up on the messaging platform Telegram beginning in 2024, shortly after Russian President…
BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Boston ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president’s birthright order. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals became the fifth…
The Central Coast Literacy Council has launched a free U.S. Naturalization Preparation Course at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Santa Maria. The program began on July 17, and will run for six months, offering support to individuals preparing for the U.S. citizenship process. Held every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., the…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. had renounced his Maltese citizenship and disclosed it to Filipino authorities before taking office, the Defense Department said Monday. Philippine law generally disqualifies candidates for high public office who have dual citizenship, especially those with foreign citizenship acquired through naturalization, unless they renounce their foreign…
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is considering revoking comedian Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship, a dramatic escalation of Trump’s threats to use the executive branch to target his opponents. “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her…
Donald Trump posted on Saturday that he is giving “serious consideration” to revoking Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship. The president posted on Truth Social, “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity,…
President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday that he is giving “serious consideration” to taking away U.S. citizenship from comedian Rosie O’Donnell, extending his long-running personal attacks against the American-born celebrity. In his Truth Social post, the president wrote that O’Donnell “is not in the best interests of our Great Country.”…
A federal judge has blocked an executive order by US President Donald Trump that would have ended the ability for the children of illegal migrants to claim birthright citizenship. Mr Trump issued the order upon his return to the White House in January, in effect denying citizenship to those born to parents living in the…
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge in New Hampshire will hear arguments Thursday on whether to certify a class-action lawsuit that would include every baby affected by President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of a pregnant woman, two parents and their infants, is among numerous cases challenging Trump’s…