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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herzog, Ben (Social science teacher), author.

Roman, Edoardo, author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Citizenship and migration in the Americas

Citizenship and Migration in the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expatriation--United States--History.

Expatriation.

Citizenship--United States--History.

Citizenship.

History.

United States.

Nationalism--United States.

Nationalism.

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

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages): illustrations.

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

text file

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:

1 Revoking Citizenship 9

2 National Beginnings-American versus British Citizenship 27

3 Legislative Initiatives 37

4 International Relations 56

5 Consular Dilemmas 70

6 Supreme Court Rulings 78

7 The Board of Appellate Review 90

8 The War on Terror 110

9 Dual Citizenship and the Revocation of Citizenship 122.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Herzog, Ben (Social science teacher) Revoking citizenship : expatriation in America from the Colonial era to the War on Terror.

ISBN:

9780814770962

OCLC:

903572813

Access Restriction:

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