Some US citizens, grappling with issues from LGBTQ+ rights to the economy, are looking to the countries their families once left behind

Some US citizens, grappling with issues from LGBTQ+ rights to the economy, are looking to the countries their families once left behind

Just the idea used to be absurd – that the US may not be the best place for a natural-born US citizen. But more Americans than ever are eyeing the right to dual citizenship by descent.

“The political instability in the US in recent years, along with Covid, has brought home to people that there might actually be a reason to live someplace else,” says Peter Spiro, a law professor at Temple University in Pennsylvania and author of several books about citizenship. “It has really highlighted the insurance value of a second citizenship. That’s new for Americans – this idea of having a plan B.”

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    I’ve been hearing a lot more American voices lately in the English city I live in (not London). Not all are tourists.

    I left for non-political reasons over a decade ago, but since Covid, I’ve gotten a number of queries from acqaintances and friends in the States about how I did it (hint, without over-disclosing-- my path isn’t one that’d probably work for you).

    Also, don’t assume the grass will be greener: fascist parties are on the rise all over the developed world, promoted by the same alliance of billionaires, Putin and neo-Nazis. We have our own local shitstains threatening to burn down hotels housing asylum-seekers and generally behaving like the brutish pigs that they are.