Citizenship
Who Gets to Call Themselves American? A New Photo Book Has the Answers
Benjamin Rasmussen explores the elusive and exclusionary history of US citizenship in his new book, “The Good Citizen”.
Foreigners Reveal What Shocked Them Most About the UK Immigration System
"Is the Life in the UK Test a true cultural measure of an immigrant’s intelligence and capabilities?"
Can the UK Government Really Seize Your Passport If You Do Drugs?
We asked a human rights lawyer if you need to worry about new proposals that suggest punishing casual drug users.
The Horrible Limbo of Being a 'Foreigner' in Your Own Country
Although hijacked by the far-right, the phrase actually describes the legal status of thousands of people.
In Photos: 82-Year-Old Critic of India’s Controversial Citizenship Law One of TIMES’s 100 Most Influential People
Bilkis Bano became the face of the longest peaceful protest against the controversial citizenship law in India.
Boris Johnson Just Offered Hong Kongers a Path to Citizenship to Escape Chinese Rule
The British PM has pledged massive changes to the immigration rules to allow as many as 3 million Hong Kongers to live and work in the U.K.
Police in Uttar Pradesh Have Been Asked to Identify Bangladeshis and ‘Other Foreigners’ so They Can Be Deported
They have even been ordered to comb through slums, train stations, bus stands and airports, and verify the documents of anyone who seems suspicious.
Millions Living in India Risk Becoming Stateless From August 31
As authorities in the volatile northeastern state of Assam prepare to publish the controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) tomorrow, millions fear they could be excluded and torn apart from their families.
How a UK-Born Accused Terrorist Suddenly Became Canadian
'Jihadi Jack' is the latest example of what one expert calls 'anti-terror NIMBYism.'
A “Screaming Siren” Went Off at the DOJ over Trump’s Census Citizenship Question
The Justice Department has a new team of lawyers with a nearly impossible task: finding a new rationale to include the citizenship question on the census after all.
GOP Strategist Wanted Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census to Benefit White People
He conducted a 2015 study that found adding the question "would be advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites.”
Trump administration can't ask if someone is a citizen on the 2020 Census, federal judge rules
Secretary Ross "violated the public trust," the judge wrote in his ruling.