US families contest Italian law restricting citizenship by descent in highest court
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Italian lawyers Marco Mellone, right, and Graziella Cerulli arrive at Italy's highest Court of Cassation, in Rome, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, to argue against the new citizenship law that restricts citizenship by descent. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Karen Bonadio, from the United States, holds a picture of her and her grandfather Giuseppe Nicola Montesano, as she is interviewed by the Associated Press outside Italy's highest Court of Cassation, in Rome, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, prior to the start of a hearing to argue against the new citizenship law that restricts citizenship by descent. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Italian Lawyer Marco Mellone, right, greets Alexis Traino, left, Jacqueline Romano and Karen Bonadio from United States, outside Italy's highest Court of Cassation, in Rome, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, prior to the start of a hearing to argue against the new citizenship law that restricts citizenship by descent. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Italian Lawyer Marco Mellone, is interviewed by the Associated Press outside Italy's highest Court of Cassation, in Rome, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, prior to the start of a hearing to argue against the new citizenship law that restricts citizenship by descent. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Alexis Traino, from the United States, is interviewed by the Associated Press outside Italy's highest Court of Cassation, in Rome, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, prior to the start of a hearing to argue against the new citizenship law that restricts citizenship by descent. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Italian lawyers Marco Mellone, right, and Graziella Cerulli arrive at Italy's highest Court of Cassation, in Rome, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, to argue against the new citizenship law that restricts citizenship by descent. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
