Trump admin. appears to be making it tougher for some foreign-born children of members of the military and U.S. government employees to get U.S. citizenship.
“My question is No. 1, are we in a new era where basic laws of politics don’t matter?” asked Doug Rand, a former Obama White House immigration policy adviser. “In what possible universe does it make sense to make it harder for our service members overseas to do this and who want to serve overseas?"
In a summary of the change on its web site, the agency said it is trying to bring rules regarding how a child derives citizenship from a U.S. citizen parent in alignment with the Immigration and Naturalization Act and State Department guidance in regards to how citizenship is defined.
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