Since a Canadian court ruled in 2023 that a law restricting the overseas transmission of citizenship was unconstitutional, ne 'me̲fa ke ya 'ra'yo nge bi njapu'befi jar disyembre Nunu̲ ar je̲ya, millones ya americanos xi 'yo̲t'e pento pa da t'uni da 'mui ya ciudadano ya canadiense. Nuna ar mpa̲ti ar deriva ar revogación ar Canadá ar “límite ndui ar generación” 'yot'e ir nge ar Ts'ut'ubi conservador jar 2009, ne ár nt'ot'e ar ley C — 3, nä'ä bí hñäñho ya 'mui ja ya thut'i “ya canadienses perdidos” nä'ä xki xi descalificado ko ya viejas nge.
Pa xingu ya estadounidenses, nuna hingi gehna ho̲ntho 'nar enmienda legal, pe 'nar barbula escape hmi ar turbulencia mfämu̲hñä, nts'o, ne incertidumbre ja ir 'rangu̲di. Ellen Robillard, 'nar activista demócrata 52 ya je̲ya jar Dätä hnini Nueva York, xi xi amenazado ir nge ár nt'o̲t'e mfämuhñä hmä, seguido jár hogar, ne xi sufrido insomnio, quemado, ne distanciamiento mpädi ne ir meni. After learning she could claim citizenship through her mother, who was born in Nova Scotia, she is now preparing documents with her 19-year-old son as part of her “Plan B.” “If things start deteriorating here with our economy,” she says, “I know that I can just get in the car and go.”
A similar story is playing out for Rachel Rabb, 34. A biracial American, she left the U.S. in 2018, fearing racial violence, but found she could not escape the shadow of Trump’s re-election. When she discovered she had Canadian ancestry, she felt it was heaven-sent. She says the U.S. has become too dangerous, ho 'yot'e to da objetivo jár nt'exu̲fi actuales.
Cassandra Fultz, 'nar consultor inmigración ko ya 'mui jar Ottawa, hmä ár carga nt'udi americano xi crecido 're̲t'i ya bes ndezu̲ ar 'ra'yo ley bí efectuó, ar 'nar promedio ar 10 solicitudes ya zänä ma 100. Nunu̲ señala ke nuna ola 'befi ar hinda precedentes — diferencia ya picos breves 'mefa xta nt'ets'i bí thogi. xingu ya solicitantes hingi gi 'bu̲hu̲ mí honi pa mover ngut'a, she says, pe nu'bu̲ gi hyoni ar mä xi hño ya po̲i “ho̲ntho nu'bu̲,” da zeti 'nar goxthi ntsuni nt'ot'e nu'u̲'bu̲.