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What are the legal specifics of a case like this? Does this mean his US citizenship has been revoked, ergo he is a stateless person? Would love to know.
by timrogers 13y ago
What are the legal specifics of a case like this? Does this mean his US citizenship has been revoked, ergo he is a stateless person? Would love to know.
- obblek 13y agoIf I understand correctly, he's still a US citizen. He is now like any other American who doesn't have a passport, except that he finds himself outside of the country.
- IvyMike 13y agoThere are lots of US citizens who don't have passports. Most, even.
- chalst 13y agoNo, passport revocation can happen to stop someone travelling without suggesting their citizenship is in doubt. See, e.g., the section on abduction of minors in http://travel.state.gov/passport/ppi/family/family_864.html http://travel.state.gov/passport/ppi/family/family_864.html
- nokcha 13y ago> Does this mean his US citizenship has been revoked No. Under the 14th Amendment, the government cannot forcibly revoke the US citizenship of anyone born in the US. See Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967): "Congress has no power under the Constitution to divest a person of his United States citizenship absent his voluntary renunciation thereof".