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India's plan to identify 'illegal immigrants' could get some Muslims declared 'foreign'

  • Written by Haimanti Roy, Associate Professor of History, University of Dayton
All voting-age Indians may soon be asked to submit government-issued ID to prove citizenship. That may be a challenge for women, religious minorities and members of oppressed castes. AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh

The Indian government will soon ask its 870 million voting-age citizens for documentation that they are legal citizens with ancestral ties...

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