Moldova leader pushes back on Putin offering passports to Transnistria residents

Moldova, an EU candidate country, faces destabilizing efforts by Moscow as Russia seeks to get more troops for the Ukraine war.

POLITICO

A Woman Was in the US Legally. She Was #Deported Anyways

María de Jesús Estrada Juárez was applying for her green card and thought she was doing everything right. Instead, she was arrested and deported to #Mexico.
#ice #immigration #greencard #citizenship #dhs

https://www.wired.com/story/a-woman-was-in-the-us-legally-she-was-deported-anyways/

A Woman Was in the US Legally. She Was Deported Anyway

María de Jesús Estrada Juárez was applying for her green card and thought she was doing everything right. Instead, she was arrested and deported to Mexico.

WIRED
Some of the most outstanding citizens I have ever met are library board members. This is just terrible. Let's hope this fails somehow and that these items, and similar do not propagate in Canada, even as each day passes and we see additional hints and angles of just such things happening in other spaces and sectors. #citizenship

The Citizenship in the Nation merit badge teaches Scouts about government and civic duty 🇺🇸

They learn how laws are made and why participation matters. This builds awareness and responsibility 🙂

Scouts also develop research and critical thinking skills 🗳️

Learn more: https://scoutermom.com/25045/citizenship-in-the-nation-merit-badge/

#ScoutsBSA #MeritBadge #Citizenship #CivicDuty

It may make your blood boil and your mind may not be changed, but the practice of listening to opposing views is essential for effective #citizenship. It is essential for our #democracy. #BarackObama, University of Michigan Commencement, 2010 44th President of United States (1961 - )

Needing to be a citizen to vote is kind of absurd when you actually think about it. A resident, sure — people live their lives in specific places. But the idea that simply living in a place isn't enough gets uncomfortable fast when interrogated thoroughly.

#immigration #voting #citizenship

Federal departments run short of space as public servants return to office
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said in a message to staff last week that it's delaying the requirement until it finds more office space.
#Canada #Politics #returntooffice
https://globalnews.ca/news/11843853/federal-government-space-public-servants-return-to-office/
Canada gave citizenship to a terrorist. Revoking it has been ‘ridiculously’ slow
Why does the it take the government so long to take back citizenship from those who should never have received it?
#Canada #World #canadacitizenshiprevocation #ImmigrationRefugeesandCitizenshipCanada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11814563/tahawwur-rana-canadian-terrorist-citizenship-revocation/
Canada gave citizenship to a terrorist. Revoking it has been ‘ridiculously’ slow
Why does the it take the government so long to take back citizenship from those who should never have received it?
#Canada #World #canadacitizenshiprevocation #ImmigrationRefugeesandCitizenshipCanada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11814563/tahawwur-rana-canadian-terrorist-citizenship-revocation/