Immigration,
Civil Rights
Jan. 23, 2018
Same-sex couple sues federal government for denying citizenship to their child
A same-sex couple sued the federal government Monday for denying U.S. citizenship to one of their children who is not biologically related to his U.S. citizen father.
A same-sex couple sued the federal government Monday for denying U.S. citizenship to one of their children who is not biologically related to his U.S. citizen father.
According to the plaintiffs, the government discriminates between same-sex and different-sex couples when conferring citizenship benefits on children born to U.S. citizens abroad. The government said it interprets the law to mean that a child born abroad must be biologi...
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