The oligarch Oleg Deripaska is accused of conspiring to violate sanctions, including by arranging for his girlfriend to travel to America to give birth so his children could have U.S. citizenship. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Citizenship and Naturalization”
New York City’s Noncitizen Voting Law Is Struck Down
By Gotham Rex on June 27, 2022
A State Supreme Court judge from Staten Island said the measure, which would have allowed more than 800,000 noncitizens to vote, violated the State Constitution. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Grants Noncitizens Right to Vote in Local Elections
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2021
The legislation approved by the City Council will set up a system for legal residents to vote in municipal elections. Source: New York Times
New York Moves to Allow 800,000 Noncitizens to Vote in Local Elections
By Gotham Rex on November 23, 2021
New York City will become the largest municipality in the country to allow legal residents to vote if the legislation is approved as expected in December. Source: New York Times
Where Are the Fans for Israel’s National Baseball Team? In New York.
By Gotham Rex on July 17, 2021
The Tokyo-bound Israeli national baseball team has more supporters in New York than in its home country. Source: New York Times
Women in ‘Birth Tourism’ Ring Had 119 Babies on Long Island, Officials Say
By Gotham Rex on December 2, 2020
Six people were charged in federal court with bilking Medicaid of $2.1 million and taking $750,000 from pregnant women in Turkey seeking to give birth in the United States. Source: New York Times