An anti-immigration bill in Texas faces near-certain review by the Supreme Court. Prof. Peter Spiro notes the high stakes: “If there’s anything left to the norm against state action in immigration, [the court] will dispatch with this law. But it will test it—and I’m not sure the norm stands.” Read More

“Citizenship by investment” programs generate significant revenue for some small countries while offering ultra-rich Americans an escape hatch from political turmoil. But, says Prof. Peter Spiro, they also upend the “traditional historical trappings of citizenship.” Read More

The power of a US passport is eroding, due in part to restrictive entry policies and in part to the country’s reputation for gun violence. Prof. Peter Spiro explains the impact on the US’s global standing and soft power. 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