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Why achieving citizenship can feel like loss

I finally got my citizenship after fifteen years but instead of feeling accomplished I just feel like I've officially given up on ever going home.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Legal belonging can paradoxically highlight the permanence of cultural separation.

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