‘I want that escape route’: once a sign of disloyalty, Americans seek dual citizenships under Trump

Some US citizens, grappling with issues from LGBTQ+ rights to the economy, are looking to the countries their families once left behind

Daniel Kamali was born and raised in New York City, where he spent his summers riding his bike around Brighton Beach before pedaling home to his Brooklyn Jewish" mother and his smooth talker" father. He went out for Cub Scouts and soccer before realizing, during his time studying at MIT, that he loved sailing most of all. Now 48, he is a professional tenor with the opera, performing in and around New York.

Kamali never considered that he might want to be anything but American - why would he? His life was shaped by the freedoms and opportunities that his father, Ivan Kamali, risked everything for.