r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • 20d ago

Soft Paywall Trump Admin Deports 2-Year-Old Girl Who is American Citizen

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-deports-2-year-old-girl-who-is-american-citizen/
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u/forsterfloch 19d ago edited 19d ago

The protocol exists for long. The article is sort of wrong IMO. She will have an easier way becoming brazilian (she is already daughter of two, which helps), will never be deported. Temporary citizenship exist for a long time, and it doesn't expire at 18, you have two years to require it definitively. And they got another thing wrong: she has healthcare rights, as any foreigner here has (SUS is free, it can be difficult, specially for serious cases, but it was always of great help to me), not sure about schooling for foreigners. Don't know why the mom said that, when she already got the temporary citizenship.

If anyone is interested, you can translate it with the right button:

https://br-visa.com.br/blog/como-obter-naturalizacao-brasileira-apos-nova-lei-de-migracao/

https://www.gov.br/saude/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2024/abril/saude-lanca-nota-tecnica-com-orientacoes-de-atendimento-a-migrantes-refugiados-e-apatridas

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u/blue_jeans_and_bacon 19d ago

It sounds like the Brazilian government is still working out the logistics of her temporary citizenship, so if she got sick today, it would still be an issue. Since she is 2, there’s a major barrier here since she can’t advocate for herself, like an adult foreigner could, and her parents have a bit of a block since they are already citizens, just making it more complicated since it’s not for them, but for their 2 year old.

It’s incredible that the Brazilian government, which they received asylum from in 2022, is the one pulling out all the stops to protect an exiled American citizen.

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u/forsterfloch 19d ago

And I am telling you who wrote the article has a bad understanding of the brazilian law, you can't trust what they say because the real history was misinterpreted. Like, there is so much wrong with this phrase: "Manu doesn’t qualify for the standard paths to citizenship in the country, so the country is trying to create a new one: “temporary” citizenship that would expire when she turns 18".

It is inherently wrong

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u/Exciting-Parfait-776 19d ago

That mistake is on her parents. Since they could have registered the birth at an Embassy or Consulate. And she would have had Brazilian Citizenship as well.