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and Evangelina Tastsoglou (2010:1) discuss citizenship in contemporary society stating: Traditional conceptions of citizenship have been challenged. Political changes, the expansion of social rights and movements, shifting migration patterns, the consolidation of the European Union, transnationalism globalization, new information and communication technologies, and the growth of multinational corporations have stimulated debate on what constitutes citizenship. Despite the fact that these global trends are challenging conceptions of citizenship, nation-state citizenship still forms the basis for access to rights. This has created a situation where more and more immigrant groups remain in statuses of ambiguity with regard to their rights, a reality that has caused some scholars to call for a complete change in our definitions of citizenship. It is in this context that Argentina emerges as an important space to study citizenship that can greatly contribute to our understandings of possible ways t