Experts debate whether new citizenship test will be harder to pass
The Biden administration has proposed changes to the test immigrants take to become citizens. Prof. Peter Spiro is skeptical that they will make much of a difference. Read More
The Biden administration has proposed changes to the test immigrants take to become citizens. Prof. Peter Spiro is skeptical that they will make much of a difference. Read More
GOP Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis promises to end birthright citizenship if elected. Prof. Peter Spiro joins other citizenship experts in explaining why that would exceed his powers as president. Read More
The Nicaraguan government has stripped 222 political dissidents of their citizenship in what Prof. Peter Spiro calls an act of “bainshment” in clear violation of international law. Read More
For Americans living abroad, Tax Day comes with added burdens – but no one in Congress to speak up for them. Prof. Peter Spiro and co-author James Lieber make the case for expat representation in this Wall Street Journal op-ed. Read More
Prof. Peter Spiro compares Nicaragua’s decision to strip citizenship from critics of the government to a Bahrain’s mass trial for terrorism. Read More
Prof. Peter Spiro says that Nicaragua’s decision to strip citizenship from 94 people, mostly writers, journalists, and activists, violates a 1961 UN treaty. Read More
As violent right-wing extremism rises, Prof. Peter Spiro says that dual citizenship, once a curiosity, has become an insurance policy for Americans in marginalized groups. Read More
Wealthy Americans are buying “golden passports” as a back-up plan in response to climate change and political turmoil here, giving rise to EU concerns about “shady individuals” exploiting loopholes to access its member states. Prof. Peter Spiro says such fears are likely unfounded. Read more here.
As COVID continues to lock down borders, Prof. Peter Spiro says that dual citizenship has become valuable even for premium passport holders because it ensures continued movement abroad. Read more at IT-Online.
Australia has banned all travelers from India, including its own citizens, citing health concerns as COVID ravages that country. Prof. Peter Spiro notes that the ban contradicts a longstanding assumption about what citizenship means. Read more at Washington Post