Posted on 05/24/2025 10:15:14 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
During the 12 months leading up to March, more than 6,000 US citizens have applied to either become British subjects or to live and work in the country indefinitely – the highest number since comparable records began in 2004, according to data released on Thursday by the UK’s Home Office.
Over the period, 6,618 Americans applied for British citizenship – with more than 1,900 of the applications received between January and March, most of which has been during the beginning of Donald Trump’s second US presidency.
The surge in applications at the start of 2025 made that the highest number for any quarter on record.
The figures come as British authorities under a Labour government are trying to reduce immigration to the UK, with Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, vowing to take “back control of our borders” and warning that uncontrolled immigration could result in the country “becoming an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together”.
UK figures show net migration dropped by almost half in 2024 – to 431,000 – compared with 2023.
The surge in US applications for UK residency comes as American immigration lawyers say they are receiving an increasing number of inquiries. Some are pointing to the polarized political climate in the Trump-led country, which itself is mounting an aggressive immigration-related crackdown.
Muhunthan Paramesvaran, an immigration lawyer at Wilsons Solicitors in London, told the New York Times that inquiries had risen “in the immediate aftermath of the election and the various pronouncements that were made”.
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Bye.
If America is the problem, I don’t see how the UK is the solution.
Good riddance.
Which “Americans”?
Awesome!
Mexico’s closer.
Will they take their IRA’s with them?
Enjoy living under Sharia, and NEVER FORGET - you had a choice.
Like jumping out of the frying pan….
I’d make surrendering U.S. citizenship a requirement. Heck, half of the Middle East is dumping their trash on poor Britain, don’t see why we can’t.
I would go further and bar re-entry for any reason. A never return list, I mean they are all libtards anyway
Trash sweeping itself out... this is good news.
LOL. What kind of American would want to live in that fascist/jihadist hell hole called the UK?
Ok, that question answers itself. My bad.
No freedom of speech and the Arab god is taking over. What could go wrong.
Just glad to have them gone.
Best thing to do is write in an agreement they can’t return or apply for citizenship until they’ve been gone more than ten years.
LOL...some thoughts...
1. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
2. They will come crawling back once they finally learn how truly tyrannical the UK has become.
3. Nobody will write an article about them crawling and begging to return to the USA.
They can have all the stupid Americans you want...
no stats on who these people are....and....who cares...
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