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by pyuser583 356 days ago
Back in the 2000s, the Justice Department prosecuted someone for a terrorist offense. They researched their birth and found out their parents were technically diplomats of a foreign country.

It was a weird case, because the parents hadn’t actually been working for the foreign embassy for a while, and didn’t know they still held diplomatic status when their daughter was born.

They had entered the US as diplomats and shortly after decided to go local. That was probably their plan all along - lots of diplomats from third world countries do that.

It was a huge shock.

Kind of a “surprise, you’re not actually a citizen, even though both your parents and all your siblings are!”

She was deported.

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Probably you’re referring to those woman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoda_Muthana
Maybe? I remember both parents being diplomats.