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citizenship law change
Coverage of citizenship law change in the Nexus archive.
- After Meloni’s law change, Americans hope Italian supreme court ruling will open door to citizenship
Sabrina Crawford, a US-born woman, was denied Italian citizenship after Giorgia Meloni's government amended the law to restrict eligibility to those with direct ancestral ties. The 2025 rule change blocks access for Americans and children of immigrants born in Italy who previously qualified through distant ancestry.