Revoking citizenship : expatriation in America from the Colonial era to the War on Terror / Ben Herzog ; with a foreword by Edoardo Román.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herzog, Ben (Social science teacher), author.

Series:

Citizenship and migration in the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expatriation--United States--History.

Expatriation.

Citizenship--United States--History.

Citizenship.

History.

United States.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

Nationalism--United States.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

xv, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Expatriation in America from the Colonial era to the War on Terror

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : New York University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Expatriation, or the stripping away of citizenship and all the rights that come with it, is usually associated with totalitarian regimes. Yet this practice is standard within the legal systems of most democratic states, including the United States. Witness, for example, Yaser Esam Hamdi, captured in Afghanistan in November 2001, sent to Guantanamo, and transferred to a naval brig in South Carolina when it was revealed that he was a U.S. citizen. He was held there without trial until 2004, when the Justice Department released him to Saudi Arabia without charge on the condition that he renounce his U.S. citizenship. Hamdi's story may be the best-known expatriation story in recent memory, but in Revoking Citizenship, Ben Herzog reveals America's long history of stripping citizenship away from both naturalized immigrants and native-born citizens. Tracing this history from the nation's beginnings through the War on Terror, Herzog locates the sociological, political, legal, and historic meanings of revoking citizenship. Why, when, and with what justification do states take away citizenship from their subjects? Using the history and policies of revoking citizenship as a lens, the book examines, describes, and analyzes the complex relationships between citizenship, immigration, and national identity. Book jacket.

Contents:

Revoking citizenship

National beginnings? American versus British citizenship

Legislative initiatives

International relations

Consular dilemmas

Supreme Court rulings

The Board of Appellate Review

The War on Terror

Dual citizenship and the revocation of citizenship

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-175) and index.

ISBN:

9780814760383

0814760384

9780814770962

0814770967

OCLC:

892855521