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Rich Venezia

@richvenezia.bsky.social
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Genealogist. Immigration records expert. Lecturer. Philadelphian. Dubliner at heart. Dreamer. Traveler. All views my own. He/him/his.

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Rich Venezia @richvenezia.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Today would have been my maternal uncle’s 65th birthday. He died in 1983 from Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was 21. I never met him, but I carry him every day; I was named for him. Full post: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Rich Venezia @richvenezia.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Every day, I work with records where America argues with itself about who who gets to belong here. Birthright citizenship should not even be before the Court. The answer is in our history. The answer is in our records. The answer is in our Constitution. More at www.linkedin.com/feed/update/....
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Every day, I work with records where America argues with itself about who counts as American, and who gets to belong here. Denied naturalization petitions when someone was deemed racially… | Rich Ven...
Every day, I work with records where America argues with itself about who counts as American, and who gets to belong here. Denied naturalization petitions when someone was deemed racially ineligible....
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Rich Venezia @richvenezia.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Last year, I decided to sue the government. If the government will not follow the law, researchers and families are left with one lever: litigation Read more at www.linkedin.com/posts/richve.... #FOIA #records #citizenship #genealogy
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#foia #records #citizenship #genealogy | Rich Venezia
Last year, I decided to sue the government. After waiting more than five years for dozens of passport application records I requested from the Department of State under the Freedom of Information Act...
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Rich Venezia @richvenezia.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
At the heart of the #birthrightcitizenship fight is a very old question: who gets to belong in the United States. We have been here before. Heard of Wong Kim Ark? Read more on my LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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At the heart of the birthright citizenship fight is a very old question: who gets to belong in the United States. We have been here before. In 1898, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme… | ...
At the heart of the birthright citizenship fight is a very old question: who gets to belong in the United States. We have been here before. In 1898, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Cou...
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