A legal earthquake
Italy's supreme court overturns a restriction on citizenship by descent, reviving claims for hundreds of thousands
‘It’s about equality:’ The families who were ripped apart by Italy’s new citizenship laws
When Gustavo Monasterios won his lawsuit for Italian citizenship last week, he opened the door for millions of Italian descendants to gain citizenship by descent. The supreme court’s abolition of 2024 restrictions on citizenship by descent means American families who’d been torn apart by the new legislation can now reunited.
