Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing

When my family left the Soviet Union, I became stateless at 14 as the U.S.S.R. stripped us of citizenship in exchange for exit visas. For nearly a decade in the U.S., I carried a refugee travel document, facing challenges in simple transactions due to lack of nationality. In recent years, noncitizens in the U.S. have faced increasing difficulties, with restrictions on public assistance, legal pathways, and deportations, culminating in exclusionary policies targeting immigrants and trans people.

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