WaPo: With Roe overturned, these descendants of immigrants 'want out' through dual citizenship

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OK byeeeee pic.twitter.com/MHo2UKsxoV

— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) September 7, 2022

Look at that poor … person. So disappointed in America. But not enough to actually leave. They never actually leave.

Lol these articles are so pretentious. He should go to Europe and freeze with them this winter.

— LetsBeFriends🐊 🐊 (Proxy wars are bad) (@BadOpinions5) September 7, 2022

Freeze this winter and still not be able to get an abortion because European countries have more restrictions than most states 🤣

— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) September 7, 2022

Wait until they realize much of Europe has limits past 12 weeks.

— Dr. Von Goetz (@Chris26353343) September 7, 2022

Seriously, do they know what abortion restrictions are like in Europe?

Lucky for them, their ancestors weren't so passionate about abortion

— Annette (@AnnettePrestia) September 7, 2022

and good riddance. pic.twitter.com/dwlTQDRNml

— MAGA American John (@X1Titan) September 7, 2022

Cool, how can I help

— CatholicCyberMilitia (@IHSCyberMilitia) September 7, 2022

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— GearMaster (@GearmasterGear) September 7, 2022

This is acceptable.

— Alec A Cope 🇺🇸 (@AlecACope1) September 7, 2022

By now, most know the stirring stories about immigrants’ arduous journeys to America ― about Ellis Island, about huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Now, though, the sudden nationwide curtailing of abortion rights and the assorted political turmoil of the summer have pushed many U.S. citizens to start the process of obtaining second citizenships in countries that grant them to direct descendants of nationals. Immigrants’ American-born grand- and great-grandchildren are grasping backward through time and bureaucracy, hoping their ancestors might now provide them with a way to start over back in the motherland. Or at least provide them with a quick, visa-free way to live and work elsewhere for a while, in case of emergency. An escape hatch, some say. A backup plan. A parachute.

Here’s the sad-sack in the photo:

For Anthony Del Grosso, 28, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision was just one of many reasons he has recently begun the process of obtaining dual citizenship by descent in Italy. He wants to have a family one day without working himself to death just to be able to provide for them. He wants health care that won’t strain his bank account.

Plus, “it just seems to be getting worse politically here. It’s normal to just have mass shootings. And it’s normal to just have, like, rights stripped away from people,” says Del Grosso, an Albuquerque-based assistant location manager for film and TV sets. Over the course of the next few years, he’ll probably spend around $5,000 getting documentation together to prove the line of descent from his great-grandfather, who emigrated from Italy in 1906.

GoFundMe anyone? Send Anthony Del Grosso back to Italy?

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