Charlie Gard granted U.S Citizenship by congress
Jul 19th 2017, 9:56 pm
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Charlie Gard granted U.S Citizenship by congress
According to MSN Charlie Gard and his parents have been granted U.S Citizenship by congress. The floodgates will likely open now given that they have in not so many words granted asylum to British parents. And if they make one sick child American citizen they have to make all american citizens.
I wonder if they will now grant citizenship to Andre Patterson
. He could try I suppose 
I wonder if they will now grant citizenship to Andre Patterson
. He could try I suppose
Jul 19th 2017, 9:59 pm
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Permanent ResidentMSN as a news source?
Jul 19th 2017, 10:22 pm
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This is a total disgrace to use the immigration system to grant him resident status, just to highlight the perceived flaws of socialised medicine, while halting immigration from war zones.
Jul 19th 2017, 10:24 pm
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Totally disgraceful for so many reasons, poor little kid.
Jul 19th 2017, 10:24 pm
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You have written my own thoughts.
Utterly disgusting and beyond contemptible.
Jul 19th 2017, 10:25 pm
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The whole situation is a disgrace -- they make a big exhibition of all this compassion for a British child, but show none for their own citizens as they try to rip away any semblance of healthcare.
Jul 19th 2017, 10:25 pm
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It has been numerous news sources who have been reporting it as citizenship in headlines, despite saying it was residency in the article body.
Jul 19th 2017, 10:35 pm
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It would have to be citizenship because having a U.S green card won't do spit to change the mind of the english courts he may now be a U.S Resident but he is a first and foremost a British Citizen and the British courts will have the final say. Anything short of USC would be meaningless gesture. Though I fail to see how being an american citizen would make a blind bit of difference to the english courts?
Jul 19th 2017, 10:38 pm
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Re: Charlie Gard granted U.S Citizenship by congress
It would have to be citizenship because having a U.S green card won't do spit to change the mind of the english courts he may now be a U.S Resident but he is a first and foremost a British Citizen and the British courts will have the final say. Anything short of USC would be meaningless gesture. Though I fail to see how being an american citizen would make a blind bit of difference to the english courts?
Jul 19th 2017, 10:45 pm
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It would have to be citizenship because having a U.S green card won't do spit to change the mind of the english courts he may now be a U.S Resident but he is a first and foremost a British Citizen and the British courts will have the final say. Anything short of USC would be meaningless gesture. Though I fail to see how being an american citizen would make a blind bit of difference to the english courts?
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Jul 19th 2017, 10:48 pm
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I saw the same in a Daily Mail headline on Facebook - headline screams 'US citizenship for Charlie' but the article states it's actually Lawful Permanent Residence aka a Green Card for the child and his parents. Even if he was given US citizenship it wouldn't make a scrap of difference to the High Court ruling and the ability to remove him from the UK.
Jul 19th 2017, 11:25 pm
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And nor should it, given that the US is willing to execute dual citizens.
Jul 20th 2017, 12:58 am
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That poor little boy 
Jul 20th 2017, 1:54 am
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Ok serious question here:
Would the baby have to become a US citizen by some sort of act and also renounce British citizenship in order for him to travel against the UK high court's order?
Would the baby have to become a US citizen by some sort of act and also renounce British citizenship in order for him to travel against the UK high court's order?