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