A federal judge ruled that New Jersey-born, ISIS-bride Hoda Muthana is not a US citizen
Get the Full StoryABC NewsA federal judge on Thursday ruled that Hoda Muthana, a 25-year-old woman born in New Jersey who joined ISIS in 2014, is not a US citizen.
Hoda Muthana is currently staying in a refugee camp in Syria with her young son. Her family sued the US government in order to have Muthana and her son recognized as US citizens so they could return home.
On Thursday, the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that there was sufficient evidence to indicate that Muthana was born while her father held diplomatic status in the US.
The Department of Justice has said that because Muthana's father, a former Yemeni diplomat, was under diplomatic protection at the time of her birth, she did not obtain US citizenship by birth.
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A federal judge on Thursday ruled that Hoda Muthana, a 25-year-old woman born in New Jersey who joined ISIS in 2014, is not a US citizen.
Judge Reggie B. Walton of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit brought forward by Muthana's family in the hopes of retrieving her and her 2-year-old son from a refugee camp in Syria. See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: A podiatrist explains heel spurs, the medical condition Trump said earned him a medical deferment from VietnamSee Also:Veterans who served alongside the Kurds say Trump set a dangerous precedent abandoning American alliesTrump plan to save Syria's oil is shaping up to be a public-relations dumpster fireTrump keeps contradicting the Pentagon about whatever it is the US is doing with Syria's oilSEE ALSO: American ISIS bride's father files lawsuit to have the US recognize her as a citizen and return her to the country immediately
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