WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 4, 2025)– American and Italian dual citizens constitute a vital resource and a tremendous benefit for both countries. As such, the National Italian American Foundation supports the widest possible parameters for the transmission of citizenship via jus sanguinis to Italian descendants residing in the United States.

In so far as the proposed Italian government decree law of March 28th 2025 seeks to narrow such parameters and to curtail the transmission of Italian citizenship beyond two generations born and residing abroad, the National Italian American Foundation will seek to exercise its relationship with the American Parliamentary Friendship Group in the Italian Parliament to propose amendments to the decree which mitigate such constraining factors before it is voted upon in the Italian parliament.