# Is Hoda Muthana a US citizen & should she be allowed back in the US?

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**Created:** [February 21, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hoda-muthana-a-us-citizen-should-she-be-allowed-back-in-the-us/829942 "2019-02-21T03:18:09Z")\
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It does seem a bit unjust that someone can “lose” citizenship which they were erroneously “granted” as an infant based on essentially a technicality, especially when everyone apparently concedes that the father had no intent to deceive. Seems like there should be some sort of statute of limitations on that, but if I were a lawyer wanting to make that case, I definitely would wait for a more sympathetic defendant to come along.

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