Vazquez Macias v. Blanche — Ninth Circuit Holds Mexican Abandonment Constitutes ‘Legal Separation’ for Derivative Citizenship
The Ninth Circuit holds that abandonment recognized by a Mexican court constitutes a ‘legal separation’ for derivative citizenship under former 8 U.S.C. section 1432, granting a petition for review and finding the petitioner derived U.S. citizenship from his naturalized mother.