After Meloni’s law change, Americans hope Italian supreme court ruling will open door to citizenship

Sabrina Crawford among those refused because of rule change, which now also affects children of immigrants born in Italy In 2025, after a long and arduous journey in her attempts to gain Italian citizenship, including a pivotal genealogical research trip to a village in Calabria, US-born Sabrina Crawford was hoping to fulfil her lifelong dream of building a life in Italy as she edged towards the final hurdle of the bureaucratic process. But her plans were scuppered when Giorgia Meloni’s far-r...

By Angela Giuffrida in Rome