Italy changes citizenship requirement, leaving hopeful Americans who fled the US in legal limbo

George Mihalcea

Americans who picked up and moved to Italy hoping for  la dolce vita  by claiming dual  American-Italian citizenship  have had their hopes dashed and lives upended when the country suddenly changed its rules. A series of Americans stuck in legal limbo in the  bel paese  told  CNN  about giving up everything in the States—jobs, homes, community ties—and following Italy’s rules to claim citizenry via “blood right” ( jure sanguinis  in Latin) only to have the lineage requirements change mid-

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