Citizenship Without Consent: Legal Coercion by American Deep State

Improving US–Russia relations under the Trump 2.0 administration is being challenged by alleged deep-state actions targeting Russian diplomats.

Since the inception of the presidency of Donald Trump in January 2025, US-Russia relations have started improving to some extent. Whether it’s Ukraine or Iran, both powers have been in contact with each other. President Vladimir Putin has been gracious enough to step in to normalise a few deteriorating situations, and the Iran war is its best manifestation. However, this slight improvement in US-Russia relations has raised alarms in the American intelligence circles, those who are intoxicated with the senseless Russophobic narrative. As the Trump 2.0 administration has put an iron hand over the issues of migration, even deporting hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants back to their homelands, the deep state in the US is heading on an alternative path. This inconsistency in the US policies was first highlighted by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in her article titled “Thanks, but no thanks. That’s enough. Stop! US deep state vs. Trump, Russian diplomats, and the law,” published in the Russian business daily Vedomosti on March 4, 2026.

Birthright Citizenship in the US

To understand the purpose of Zakharova’s article, one needs to dive through the rules and regulations of birthright citizenship in the US. The most prominent feature in this regard is the principle of ‘jus soli’ (right of the soil). Any person born in America would be granted citizenship rights, whether his/her parents have American nationality or not. This principle is echoed in the Citizenship Clause of the 14th........

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