{"id":5650,"date":"2026-05-03T21:07:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=5650"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:38:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:38:25","slug":"state-dept-forcing-us-citizenship-on-children-of-russian-diplomats-zakharova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/state-dept-forcing-us-citizenship-on-children-of-russian-diplomats-zakharova\/","title":{"rendered":"State Dept forcing US citizenship on children of Russian diplomats \u2013 Zakharova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington is violating both its own laws and international norms, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The US State Department is flouting both US federal law and diplomatic immunity in forcing American citizenship on children of Russian consular staff, with no option given to refuse, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in an op-ed on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>These moves by the <em>\u201cdeep state\u201d<\/em> are undermining US President Donald Trump\u2019s unprecedented anti-immigration policy and his aim of ending birthright citizenship in the country, she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s absurd and violates every rule in the book, and delivers a blow to their own president,\u201d<\/em> Zakharova wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The US began the practice in 2023 under former President Joe Biden, <em>\u201cas if deliberately laying a mine under Trump in order to present him in the most ridiculous light,\u201d<\/em> she said, adding that neither federal law nor diplomatic agreements have been amended since.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, children born of <em>\u201cforeign diplomatic officers\u201d<\/em> are exempted from US birthright citizenship under the Code of Federal Regulations and US Citizenship and Immigration Services policy, although they are considered lawful permanent residents.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/639148-trump-ice-to-nice-rebrand\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Trump floats ICE-to-NICE rebrand<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Coercive naturalization also violates Russia-US agreements and international norms, which grant diplomats immunity from the laws of the host country, the spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n<p>Zakharova also warned that the situation gives Washington potential leverage over Russian diplomats.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>What if a child were to be abducted under the pretext, for example, of juvenile law or the need to verify gender compliance as part of another wave of the new normal?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Moscow banned LGBTQ-related content in 2022, years after passing laws protecting minors from <em>\u201cLGBTQ propaganda.\u201d<\/em> In 2024, Russia also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/608117-putin-ban-adoptions-transgender\/\">banned<\/a> the adoption of children by countries that allow gender-reassignment surgeries and procedures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington is violating both its own laws and international norms, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says The US State Department [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5651,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650\/revisions\/5651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}