Trump administration pushes DoJ to pursue denaturalization cases – report
Summary
The Trump administration is encouraging the Justice Department to pursue hundreds of cases where U.S. citizens born outside the country could have their citizenship taken away. The government has already identified 384 people for this process, which begins soon, focusing on those who obtained citizenship illegally or committed crimes.Key Facts
- The Justice Department plans to start denaturalization (removal of citizenship) cases against 384 foreign-born U.S. citizens.
- Denaturalization happens when someone lied during the citizenship process, committed crimes, or used false marriages.
- A Justice Department memo from last year expanded the types of people targeted for denaturalization, including those linked to terrorism or gangs.
- Denaturalization cases require significant resources, so they are usually rare, but this effort will involve civil litigators across 39 regional offices.
- Once denaturalized, individuals lose citizenship and return to their previous immigration status, often without a right to a government-paid lawyer.
- This initiative is described by Justice officials as a "White House initiative," although a White House spokesperson says it follows federal law.
- The U.S. previously focused denaturalization on war criminals and fraud cases and had political denaturalization decrease after the 1960s Supreme Court rulings.
- Recent cases under this push include a marine accused of a sex crime, and immigrants accused of fraud or lying about nationality.
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