Ms. Begum was one of three teenage girls from London who traveled to Syria in 2015 to join the Islamic State.
Tag: Citizenship and Naturalization
Nicaragua Strips Citizenship From Hundreds Days After Prisoner Release
The country’s increasingly authoritarian government stripped more than 300 people of their citizenship, including political prisoners recently released and sent to the United States.
Israeli Parliament Votes to Deport Citizens Convicted of Terrorism
Amid a surge in violence, lawmakers voted to allow the authorities to deport convicted Palestinians, including Israeli citizens, who also receive money from the Palestinian Authority for their actions. Opponents called the law, aimed at Arabs, discrimi…
This Country’s Top Judges Were All Foreigners. Now They’re Gone.
The president’s suspension of five jurists in the Pacific nation of Kiribati highlights the outsize role noncitizen judges play in the region.
The Only U.S. Territory Without U.S. Birthright Citizenship
People born in American Samoa, which has been held by the United States for more than 120 years, are not automatically citizens of the United States.
Oleg Tinkov, Former Banking Tycoon, Renounces Russian Citizenship
The multimillionaire said on Instagram that he “can’t and won’t be associated with a fascist country.”
Peter Thiel, Major U.S. Political Donor, Is Said to Pursue Maltese Citizenship
Obtaining citizenship in Malta would provide another passport for Mr. Thiel, who is one of the largest individual donors for the U.S. midterm elections.
Edward Snowden Receives Russian Citizenship
Mr. Snowden, a former intelligence contractor, left the United States after giving hundreds of highly classified N.S.A. documents to The Guardian and The Washington Post in 2013.
Why Madrid Rivals Miami as a Haven for Latin Americans
Turmoil and a political swing to the left have brought an influx of prominent and affluent exiles from the region to the Spanish capital in recent years.
Demetrios Papademetriou, Top Immigration Scholar, Dies at 75
He designed the “Grand Bargain,” an ambitious plan for Mexican immigrants to gain legal status in the U.S., but it collapsed after the terrorist attacks of 9/11.