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by Maarten Vink — Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Anna O. Law

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“The ‘lessons of history’ give us every reason to be wary of () this most recent effort to break with our established tradition of recognizing birthright citizenship and to make citizenship depend on the actions of one’s parents rather than () the simple fact of being born in the United States”.
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 2d
Citizenship in the News 🇺🇸📰

Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can’t end birthright citizenship: Adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president’s birthright order.

apnews.com/article/birt...
Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can't end birthright citizenship
A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.
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Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Anna O. Law

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Citizenship in the News 🇺🇸📰

Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can’t end birthright citizenship: Adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president’s birthright order.

apnews.com/article/birt...
Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can't end birthright citizenship
A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.
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by Maarten Vink

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Muito bem

www.publico.pt/2025/10/03/i...
Joana Marques absolvida no processo judicial interposto pelos Anjos
A juíza considerou não ser possível distinguir se o que provocou danos foi a polémica do vídeo de Joana Marques ou a própria transmissão original do hino interpretado por Nelson e Sérgio Rosado.
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by Robert B. Reich — Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Sanford F. Schram, W. Andy Knight , and 5 more

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If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.
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by Maarten Vink

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This will be great - looking forward!

Registered ✔️
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 7d
🚨 Webinar Alert 🚨

Join us for the online launch of the new Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset, the most comprehensive global dataset on migrant suffrage to date 🌐

📅 Oct 15 | 17:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 Register www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche, Jelena Džankić

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🚨 Webinar Alert 🚨

Join us for the online launch of the new Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset, the most comprehensive global dataset on migrant suffrage to date 🌐

📅 Oct 15 | 17:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 Register www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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Reposted by: Maarten Vink

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Interested in #migration research policy relations, and the role of evidence in policy making? Join us tomorrow 6 pm CET in person or online. nccr-onthemove.ch/news-events/ #UniversityofNeuchatel #NCCR
News + Events | nccr – on the move
Find the current news and events of nccr - on the move, as well as our newsletters and the archive regrouping past events, to stay informed on migration and mobility research
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by Maarten Vink

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Powerful stuff on an issue that should be unremarkable.

“No one’s freedom of speech is unlimited, of course, but these limits are the same for both citizens and non-citizens alike.”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d
Judge Young: "This case ... squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally 'yes, they do.' 'No law' means 'no law.'"
This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court –- squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.” “No law” means “no law.” The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction and it is not to be found in our history or jurisprudence. See Section III.A infra. No one’s freedom of speech is unlimited, of course, but these limits are the same for both citizens and non-citizens alike.
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Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Elizabeth Saunders, Archon Fung , and 8 more

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Judge Young: "This case ... squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally 'yes, they do.' 'No law' means 'no law.'"
This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court –- squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.” “No law” means “no law.” The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction and it is not to be found in our history or jurisprudence. See Section III.A infra. No one’s freedom of speech is unlimited, of course, but these limits are the same for both citizens and non-citizens alike.
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by Tim Bale — Reposted by: Maarten Vink

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What the internet's for.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 8d
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
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by Maarten Vink

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It’s mind boggling what Labour is doing.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 9d
Labour looking at Reform's racist policies and saying "we"ll have some of that". These aren't just discriminatory, by making migrants meet higher standards than the average person, they automatically treat migrants as if they are criminals on community service.
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Under the proposals, legal migrants will have to learn English to a high standard, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community to be granted permanent settlement status.
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Reposted by: Maarten Vink

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Labour looking at Reform's racist policies and saying "we"ll have some of that". These aren't just discriminatory, by making migrants meet higher standards than the average person, they automatically treat migrants as if they are criminals on community service.
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Under the proposals, legal migrants will have to learn English to a high standard, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community to be granted permanent settlement status.
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by Maarten Vink

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Deeply worrying and shocking that not only most of Reform UK voters but also nearly half of Conservative voters think that permanent residents in the UK should be deprived of their “indefinite leave to remain”.
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 11d
The majority of Reform UK voters would see indefinite leave to remain removed from all of the groups we asked about, apart from those who have lived in the UK for 20+ years

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Will Jennings, Tim Bale , and 2 more

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The majority of Reform UK voters would see indefinite leave to remain removed from all of the groups we asked about, apart from those who have lived in the UK for 20+ years

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Richard S.J. Tol, Will Jennings , and 10 more

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Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts
Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.
www.bleedingheartland.com
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Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls, John Hogan , and 1 more

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Enough of the BS. It's not a 'crackdown' on academia. You 'crackdown' on criminals and villains. It's a wild assault and a desperate power grab. And that shouldn't be hard to say, regardless of ideological preferences.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o...
Opinion | The Grand Strategy Behind Trump’s Crackdown on Academia
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by Maarten Vink

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Check out a ✨ brand new @globalcit.bsky.social dataset!
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 13d
Explore the new GLOBALCIT Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset ❗🌐

🌍 165 countries (1960–2020)
📊 488 indicators
🗳️ voting & candidacy rights of non-citizen residents + non-resident citizens
🏛️ Differentiates election type (legislative, executive, referendum) & level

📥: tinyurl.com/yv37nj7m
Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset - Globalcit
Suffrage is a central element of democracy. Over time, electoral rights have increasingly become available to migrants—both as non-citizen residents and as non-resident citizens. However, existing dat...
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Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Michelle Everson, Jelena Džankić

globalcit.bsky.social
Explore the new GLOBALCIT Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset ❗🌐

🌍 165 countries (1960–2020)
📊 488 indicators
🗳️ voting & candidacy rights of non-citizen residents + non-resident citizens
🏛️ Differentiates election type (legislative, executive, referendum) & level

📥: tinyurl.com/yv37nj7m
Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset - Globalcit
Suffrage is a central element of democracy. Over time, electoral rights have increasingly become available to migrants—both as non-citizen residents and as non-resident citizens. However, existing dat...
tinyurl.com
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by Maarten Vink

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See also posts by @peterspiro.bsky.social

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Peter Spiro @peterspiro.bsky.social · 14d
Category capped at 40k visas a year. This will probably create backlogs and processing delays for aliens who actually have extraordinary ability
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Peter Spiro @peterspiro.bsky.social · 14d
So they found a legal workaround for the “Gold Card” - anyone who donates a million bucks automatically qualifies as an “alien of extraordinary ability”. Totally absurd but probably will stick. No one will have standing to challenge.

by Maarten Vink

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Il Cubo nero non vola, sta sulle gambe d'acciaio della Speculazione.
Il Cubo nero non vola, sta sulle gambe d'acciaio della Speculazione. ("The Black Cube does not fly; it stands on the steel legs of Speculation.")

by Maarten Vink — Reposted by: Jo Shaw

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Good 🧵 by @jdzankic.bsky.social on the problematic 'gold card' in the US.
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Jelena Dzankic @jdzankic.bsky.social · 13d
I’ve been waiting for this since February, and it is quite a bit of an anticlimax. See 🧵 for a few thoughts on the #goldcard, #residence, #US

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
The Gold Card
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
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by Jelena Džankić — Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Jo Shaw

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I’ve been waiting for this since February, and it is quite a bit of an anticlimax. See 🧵 for a few thoughts on the #goldcard, #residence, #US

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
The Gold Card
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
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by Maarten Vink — Reposted by: Peter J. Spiro

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“Totally absurd but probably will stick” is the motto of the T admin.

It’s just one more grift scheme.
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Peter Spiro @peterspiro.bsky.social · 14d
So they found a legal workaround for the “Gold Card” - anyone who donates a million bucks automatically qualifies as an “alien of extraordinary ability”. Totally absurd but probably will stick. No one will have standing to challenge.
The Gold Card
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
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by Peter J. Spiro — Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Jo Shaw

peterspiro.bsky.social
Category capped at 40k visas a year. This will probably create backlogs and processing delays for aliens who actually have extraordinary ability
peterspiro.bsky.social
Peter Spiro @peterspiro.bsky.social · 14d
So they found a legal workaround for the “Gold Card” - anyone who donates a million bucks automatically qualifies as an “alien of extraordinary ability”. Totally absurd but probably will stick. No one will have standing to challenge.
The Gold Card
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
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by Peter J. Spiro — Reposted by: Maarten Vink

peterspiro.bsky.social
So they found a legal workaround for the “Gold Card” - anyone who donates a million bucks automatically qualifies as an “alien of extraordinary ability”. Totally absurd but probably will stick. No one will have standing to challenge.
The Gold Card
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
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Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Steve Peers, Eric Goldman , and 2 more

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Finally reading the full Gold Card EO and wow is it wild. The order says that any person who pays $1 million is, by definition, a person of "exceptional business ability" and therefore qualified for an EB-2 visa.

Does anything better sum up the Trump ethos than "all rich people are exceptional."?
Sec. 2. The Gold Card. (a) The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish a “Gold Card” program authorizing an alien who makes an unrestricted gift to the Department of Commerce under 15 U.S.C. 1522 (or for whom a corporation or similar entity makes such a gift) to establish eligibility for an immigrant visa using an expedited process, to the extent consistent with law and public safety and national security concerns. The requisite gift amount shall be $1 million for an individual donating on his or her own behalf and $2 million for a corporation or similar entity donating on behalf of an individual. (b) In adjudicating visa applications, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with applicable law, treat the gift specified in subsection (a) of this section as evidence of eligibility under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(1)(A), of exceptional business ability and national benefit under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(A), and of eligibility for a national-interest waiver under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(B).
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by Anna O. Law — Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Anna O. Law

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Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Anna O. Law, Kevin Kenny

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The recording of our History of the Present webinar on Birthright Citizenship is now available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEH5...
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Birthright Citizenship: A History of the Present Webinar
YouTube video by Immigration History Research Center
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by Patricia Owens — Reposted by: Maarten Vink, Lesley A. Hall, Joanna L. Grossman

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“In twenty-three years at Harvard and fifteen as a tenured professor, I have seen a lot of tenure cases.... I have never been at such a total loss to explain Harvard’s decision,” said History professor Mary D. Lewis.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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by Maarten Vink

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The chair of the parliamentary committee () noted that the relatively low fee may have encouraged people to apply without sufficient grounds, overwhelming the Directorate of Immigration.

> ok but is their *actual evidence* that people are applying with unrealistic dossiers?
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 15d
Citizenship in the News 🇮🇸

Icelandic citizenship increasingly difficult to obtain: As of next year, the fee for Icelandic citizenship will increase. The aim is to reduce the number of applications and ease pressure on the immigration office.

www.ruv.is/english/2025...
Icelandic citizenship increasingly difficult to obtain - RÚV.is
As of next year, the fee for Icelandic citizenship will increase from 27,000 to 60,000 ISK. The aim is to reduce the number of applications and ease pressure on the immigration office, where waiting t...
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