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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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[–] Fabian@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks 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

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The joke is that they'll make 1 billion people become US citizens

[–] Fabian@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, I see what you mean now