USCIS Rescinds Policy to Allow More Restrictions on ‘Stateless’ Persons

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it will rescind a policy adopted during the Biden administration that grants reprieve to “stateless” persons in the United States from heavy immigration scrutiny. “Statelessness” is a situation where an individual does not possess the nationality of any country, or who previously did but had that nationality unilaterally revoked by the country’s government, often due to political reasons. In the United States, U.S. citizens who renounce their citizenship can become stateless if they do not possess the nationality of any other country. Statelessness can be a complication during travel and immigration to other countries, which usually require the presentation of a passport or travel document issued by another state (usually, only to their citizens)....