FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 days ago
As others have said, if you have citizenship solely through your mom, and she got that citizenship though fraud (let’s say she concealed the fact that she was a criminal or something,) the she’s have her citizenship revoked.
It would be as though she never had it.
Which means it would be as though you never had it.
For a more specific case… Musk lied on his citizenship docs. He was here on a student visa and was not attending school.
If he gets his revoked (which he won’t coz he’s rich.) any of his kids could lose theirs- if their mothers weren’t also is citizens.
thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Regarding the very last point: Won’t his kids retain citizenship regardless if they were born in the US, in which case they have a citizenship in their own right (not tied to their father)?
My impression was that you got a US citizenship if you were born on US soil, regardless of the status of your parents?
glasratz@feddit.org 2 days ago
They are trying to get rid of that too, but it seems to be difficult.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Technically, yes. And SCOTUS found a bit of a spine and upheld that.
They would also stay citizens if their other parent was one.