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Fateh was born in Washington, D.C., and is the son of immigrants from Somalia. He graduated from Falls Church High School and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from George Mason University.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Fateh

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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It would be very funny if they wrote a bill that limited citizenship to people born in "America"

[–] Fabian@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, citizenship in the US is granted by place of birth because that way freed slaves could become citizens. Before that, citizenship was reserved for white people