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In an article entitled “Citizenship by Birthright,” Giovanna Dell’Orto of the Associated Press described examples of families in which parents have foreign citizenship and children have US citizenship because they children were born in the US. In the current climate of near-hysterical discussions about immigration in the US, this is an intriguing topic. Ms. Dell’Orto dropped into her story one complicating example that touches on Learning Disabilities. I need to dig around and find more on this.

Even though Luz Maria Medrano of Las Vegas was ordered deported along with her second husband, the couple won permanent residency after a six-year legal battle when a judge found her 7-year-old, U.S.-born son would not receive proper treatment for his learning disability in Mexico.

Link to Ms. Dell’Orto’s story, as published in the Los Angeles Times (CA; US).