Emma DeSouza and her husband Jake. Image: Niall Carson Emma DeSouza and her husband Jake. Image: Niall Carson EMMA DESOUZA IS to visit the US next week to highlight her case and ask the House of Representatives to pass a resolution supporting the argument that citizens in Northern Ireland should have the birthright to self-identify as Irish.
DeSouza won a case against the UK’s Home Office in 2017 after it deemed she was British when her US-born husband Jake applied for an EEA residence card, with the judge in that tribunal arguing that the Good Friday Agreement “supersedes” British domestic law: “Nationality cannot therefore be imposed upon them at birth.”
This decision is now being appealed by DeSouza; the Irish government also supports the DeSouzas’ argument, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar stating in the Dáil that Emma DeSouza “is an Irish citizen”. Related Reads 04.01.20 People have been asking the Irish government what the DeSouza ruling means for them 20.12.19 NI appeals court to hear case today of Derry woman who was ruled to be a British citizen 17.12.19 'The right to merely feel Irish is reduced': Tánaiste meets with Emma DeSouza
Meanwhile Northern Ireland still has the Union flag flying and GFA is still legally binding
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