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President of India gives assent to bill that fast-tracks citizenship to illegal immigrants from neighboring countries
India’s President Nath Kovind has signed a new hotly debated bill giving fast-track citizenship to non-Muslims. Earlier, the legislation sparked protests in some parts of India and drew condemnation from the US. The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) grants citizenship to all members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities that came to India from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before December 31, 2014 fleeing from religious persecution. It also states that refugees from these six groups should not be treated as illegal immigrants and charges brought against them over such status should be dropped.The act fur

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