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    This ISIS Citizenship Case Could Set a Terrifying Precedent

    An Alabama college student who joined ISIS in Syria wants to come home and take responsibility for her actions. The U.S. government says she was never a citizen—and can’t enter the country.
    by Krishnadev Calamur Feb 26, 2019 5 minutes
    Source: Delil Souleiman / AFP / Getty

    Hoda Muthana’s story is not unlike that of other children of immigrants. She was born in New Jersey and raised in Alabama, where she was studying for a business degree. Her father described her as religious, but worried that she might be surreptitiously talking to boys. That’s why few would have predicted that she would withdraw from the University of Alabama in 2014 and make her way to ISIS-controlled territory in Syria.

    Now, with ISIS confined to a tiny pocket of Syria, Muthana says that she wants to return to the United States with her 18-month-old son. In doing so, she has triggered a dispute that could have far-reaching implications for American citizens the world over.

    Muthana, who now lives in a displaced-persons camp in Syria, says she is prepared to face justice for her actions, which

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