The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/us-citizenship/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:39:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png US citizenship | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/us-citizenship/ 32 32 US Jewish history fuels community’s concerns about Trump deportations https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-history-fuels-communitys-concerns-about-trump-deportations/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:23:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3520089 Activists, leaders and historians say perceived erosion of civil rights under administration threatens Jews, even if action needed to combat antisemitism

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]]> Daily Briefing Oct 18: Day 12 of war – Biden in Israel & truth about the Gaza strike https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-oct-18-day-12-of-war-biden-in-israel-truth-about-the-gaza-strike/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:44:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3127593&preview=true&preview_id=3127593 Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on the crumbling Palestinian narrative about the Gaza hospital explosion and the social media blame game

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]]> Daily Briefing Oct 17: Day 11 of war – Biden to visit Israel, as some US citizens leave https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-oct-17-day-11-of-war-biden-to-visit-israel-as-some-us-citizens-leave/ Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:18:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3126116 US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses US involvement in Hamas hostage negotiations and Canaan Lidor reports from Netivot, Ofakim and Haifa's port

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]]> With major COVID backlog, US citizens in Israel struggle to renew passports https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-major-covid-backlog-us-citizens-in-israel-struggle-to-renew-passports/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 16:11:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2552380 New policy allows citizens to enter US on expired passports, but doesn't enable return trip back to Israel

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]]> US court rules son born abroad to gay Israeli-American couple is a citizen https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-rules-son-born-abroad-to-gay-israeli-american-couple-is-a-us-citizen/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 04:59:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2405165 Judges strike down State Department appeal over earlier decision child is American despite being conceived with Israeli father's sperm and born in Canada using a surrogate mother

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]]> Judge rules US can’t deny citizenship to child of US-Israeli gay married couple https://www.timesofisrael.com/judge-us-cant-deny-citizenship-to-child-of-us-israeli-gay-married-couple/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 00:04:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2329561 Court rejects State Department position that girl, born to a surrogate in Canada, was born out of wedlock because one of her married parents is not her biological parent

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]]> US moves to restrict entry for pregnant women on ‘birth tourism’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-moves-to-restrict-entry-for-pregnant-women-on-birth-tourism/ Sat, 25 Jan 2020 10:36:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2227600 New visa rules aim to minimize number of foreigners who take advantage of American 'birthright citizenship,' a particular area of chagrin for Trump

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]]> US Justice Department seeks to revoke citizenship of Hamas supporter https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-justice-department-seeks-to-revoke-citizenship-of-hamas-supporter/ Thu, 19 Dec 2019 13:10:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2204822 Officials say Palestinian man hid his conviction and incarceration in Israel for helping terror group during naturalization process

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]]> Man convicted of bombing Israeli bus stripped of US citizenship https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-convicted-of-bombing-israeli-bus-stripped-of-us-citizenship/ Sat, 27 Apr 2019 03:17:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2064457 Fifty-one-year-old Vallmoe Shqaire of California to be imprisoned, deported to Jordan for lying to immigration authorities about his role in 1988 terrorist attack

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]]> Judge grants citizenship to twin son of Israeli-American gay couple https://www.timesofisrael.com/judge-grants-citizenship-to-twin-son-of-israeli-american-gay-couple/ Sat, 23 Feb 2019 09:24:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=2024243&preview=true&preview_id=2024243 'This is justice!' say Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks; State Department previously denied request because boy is not his US parent's biological son

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]]> Israeli-American gay couple wins lawsuit to have twins recognized as US citizens https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-american-gay-couple-wins-lawsuit-to-grant-us-citizenship-to-one-twin-son/ Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:34:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2023848 Request was previously denied because boy is not his US parent's biological son; judge rules children of Americans who marry abroad are citizens if parents married at time of birth

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]]> Trump bars US-born woman who joined IS from returning https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-bars-us-born-woman-who-joined-is-from-returning/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 02:28:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2022945 Pompeo says 24-year-old Hoda Muthana is not an American citizen, though she was born in the country and apparently traveled to Syria on a US passport

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]]> Ruth Bader Ginsburg swears in new immigrants, wows them with her story https://www.timesofisrael.com/ruth-bader-ginsburg-swears-in-new-immigrants-wows-them-with-her-story/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 23:19:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1980262 Speaking of her immigrant father, judge says: 'What is the difference between a bookkeeper in New York’s garment district and a Supreme Court justice? One generation'

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]]> Trump says he plans to scrap birthright citizenship for some children https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-says-he-plans-to-scrap-birthright-citizenship-for-some-children/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:00:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1951989 US president claims he can override, with an executive order, Constitution's granting of automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country

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]]> Israeli-American gay couple sues US for denying citizenship to 1 twin son https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-american-gay-couple-sues-us-for-denying-citizenship-to-1-twin-son/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 02:34:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1777755 The Dvash-Banks family says that law only granting citizenship at birth to genetic children of US citizens discriminates against LGBTQ community

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