United Stateless Response to Center for Migration Studies Report
United Stateless, an organization led by stateless people dedicated to providing support and
pioneering solutions for the stateless in the U.S., expresses gratitude and support for the Center
for Migration Studies for its critical report, Statelessness in the United States: A Study to
Estimate and Profile the US Stateless Population.
This two-year study validates and recognizes the stateless experience and voices, calling
attention to a human rights issue that is largely underreported and unknown in the United
States. The study offers an opportunity to reflect on the sheer diversity of potentially stateless
populations in the U.S., as is exhibited by the variety of countries of origin as well as causes of
statelessness, such as state succession, conflicts and gaps in states’ nationality laws, and laws
and practices of the international community that discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, race,
religion, or gender. As painful and surprising these stories may be, they are well known to us as
stateless activists.