It&#x27;s hardly exactly the same.  Bidoons are natives of those countries yet are still denied documents.  (Illegal&#x2F;undocumented) immigrants tend to have documentation from their home countries and have citizenship from those countries.  They are not lacking in citizenship.<p>And it&#x27;s not as if Mexico grants &#x27;documents&#x27; to illegal immigrants to their country, nor does South Africa, nor does China, nor does...<p>As to the OP&#x27;s Q: I think it&#x27;s because conferring citizenship entitles them to benefits the government is reluctant to extend to clans&#x2F;ethnicities they feel are not loyal to the ruling party.