Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an...
by stormbrew on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @10:39PM
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The issue is it broadened it to a political instead of a judicial decision. Your citizenship can be revoked on the basis of a foreign country's conviction (say... Saudi Arabia perhaps?), which didn't used to be the case, and the decision happens from the office of PM.
Prior to C-24 there was a mechanism for stripping citizenship for treason and terrorism, but the bar was higher and at least potentially less political.
Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an...
by funkyy on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @11:42PM
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Actually most western European countries wont do this. They will try to re-socialize terrorists.
Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an...
by refurb on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @12:54AM
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France: "French Court Rules It's Not Wrong To Revoke Citizenship Of A Convicted Binational Jihadist"
http://www.ibtimes.com/french-court-rules-its-not-wrong-revo...
Britain: Britain Increasingly Invokes Power to Disown Its Citizens
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/world/europe/britains-powe...
Other countries include: Netherlands, however it looks like many don't as well.
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/eur...
That's why they ask (at least in the US citizenship application) "Have you ever been a member of a terrorist organization?". If you answer "no" and turn out to be one, they say you lied on your application and your citizenship is revoked.