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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks, I meant intentional deportations of US citizens.

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      • just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Nothing says they weren’t intentional.

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  • couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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    • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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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• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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