Supreme Court Sends Derivative Citizenship Case Back to Third Circuit

Official Supreme Court website

Amy Howe on SCOTUSBLOG reports that 

“At the suggestion of the Biden administration, the justices sent a case involving derivative citizenship – that is, citizenship for children born outside the U.S. whose parent becomes a U.S. citizen after their birth – back to the lower courts for another look. The case arose after the petitioner, Abdulmalik Abdulla, who was born in Yemen to Yemeni parents and came to the United States as a lawful permanent resident, was convicted on fraud charges and sought to ward off deportation by contending that he had obtained U.S. citizenship through his father, who had become a U.S. citizen when Abdulla was 10 years old.”

The case is Abdulla v. Garland.   The Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari granted, vacated the judgment vacated, and remanded to case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit for further consideration.

KJ