The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 received President’s assent on 12 December, 2019. It aims to make changes in the Citizenship Act, 1955, Foreigners Act, 1946 and the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920, if the illegal migrants belong to religious minority groups of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian from neighboring countries of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Therefore the Act makes it easier for non-Muslim immigrants from neighboring Muslim countries to get Indian citizenship. Rationale is to protect those who flee the three countries due to religious persecution.
Background
Illegal migrant in India is a person who enters India ....
