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Unmaking Americans: Insecure Citizenship in the United States

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Author: Open Society Justice Foundations

Journal / Publisher: Open Society Foundation

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This report and corresponding fact sheet document three techniques currently being used to attack the identity and sense of belonging of U.S. citizens:

denaturalizations, which is the stripping of U.S. citizenship from naturalized Americans
denial and revocation of U.S. passports, which is the discretionary deprivation of Americans' proof of citizenship
political attacks on citizenship by birth, which has normalized policy proposals that would fundamentally alter American society by denying U.S. citizenship to children born in the U.S. to non-citizens. Unmaking Americans looks at the costs of these initiatives, providing first-hand accounts from affected U.S. citizens. The report also shows how current efforts to destabilize the security of citizenship for certain groups fit within historical patterns of politicians seeking to manipulate xenophobia for political gain, and offers recommendations for reform that would prevent further abuse.

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Americas

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United States of America

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Nationality Deprivation

Date published: Sep 1, 2019

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