Betsy Fisher
betsylfisher.bsky.social
Betsy Fisher
@betsylfisher.bsky.social
Immigration law, policy, and programs.
Refugees, statelessness, families, labor migration.
I noted that Mr. Thomas “falls kind of perfectly in these cracks between ways to be a US citizen,” leaving him stateless.

His statelessness made him “vulnerable to being deported and experiencing this loss of community, connections, legal identity, everything that he’s experiencing in Jamaica.”
July 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I'm grateful for litigators who are challenging the unconstitutional executive order on birthright citizenship and the team at United Stateless (unitedstateless.org) for their work ensuring that everyone in the US can enjoy the right to a nationality.
United Stateless | United States | Nonprofit
United Stateless is a national organization led by stateless people whose mission is to build and inspire community among those affected by statelessness, and to advocate for their human rights.
unitedstateless.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It outlines why birth certificates are so vital for people born in the US to enjoy the US citizenship they are entitled to under the 14th Amendment. It also explores challenges for people born in the US whose parents didn't register their births and who can't prove their US citizenship.
January 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM