{
  "id": 4512929,
  "title": "'It's our plan B if it becomes less safe in the US': Americans seek Canadian ancestry to apply for citizenship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/its-our-plan-b-if-it-becomes-less-safe-in-the-us-americans-seek",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T21:57:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/30/it-s-our-plan-b-if-it-becomes-less-safe-in-the-us-americans-seek-canadian-ancestry-to-apply-for-citizenship_6756997_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The number of Americans applying for Canadian citizenship has soared since Ottawa relaxed the rules for naturalization by descent. Thousands of US citizens are now digging up family records and genealogical trees in search of a Canadian-born ancestor.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}