#DOJ Targets Hundreds of #Citizens in New Push for #Denaturalization
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Under #federal #law, the government may ask a court to strip the #citizenship of people who obtained it fraudulently — for instance, by entering into a sham marriage or by withholding information about their past that would have made them ineligible. Some who commit crimes may also be denaturalized. The government must present evidence to a federal judge through a civil or criminal proceeding, making the process challenging & time-consuming.
Traditionally, experts in the department’s office of #immigration litigation have handled #denaturalization cases. But the effort to enlist regular prosecutors to pursue these cases could lead to a surge in denaturalizations, which have been rare in recent decades. It also comes just months after #Trump admin officials ordered #DHS staffers to refer upward of 200 denaturalization cases a month to the #DOJ.
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Traditionally, experts in the department’s office of #immigration litigation have handled #denaturalization cases. But the effort to enlist regular prosecutors to pursue these cases could lead to a surge in denaturalizations, which have been rare in recent decades. It also comes just months after #Trump admin officials ordered #DHS staffers to refer upward of 200 denaturalization cases a month to the #DOJ.
…The push indicates that the #Trump administration aims to make good on its plan to increase the pace of #denaturalizations as part of its crackdown on #immigration. The move will likely scare many naturalized immigrants as the Trump admin has sought to curtail immigration across the board & spoken disdainfully about immigrants from certain countries.
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…The push indicates that the #Trump administration aims to make good on its plan to increase the pace of #denaturalizations as part of its crackdown on #immigration. The move will likely scare many naturalized immigrants as the Trump admin has sought to curtail immigration across the board & spoken disdainfully about immigrants from certain countries.
“The message it sends is that naturalized citizens don’t have the same rights & stability as native-born citizens,” said Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia. “The government has used this power in the past to target people it views as political opponents.”
#law #immigration #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
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“The message it sends is that naturalized citizens don’t have the same rights & stability as native-born citizens,” said Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia. “The government has used this power in the past to target people it views as political opponents.”
#law #immigration #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
Between 2017 & late last year, the government sought to strip just over 120 naturalized Americans of their #citizenship. Such cases were far less common before #Trump was first elected, said Ms. Frost, who has written about the history of #denaturalization. Between 1990 & 2017, the government filed 305 denaturalization cases, an average of 11 per year.
#law #immigration #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
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Between 2017 & late last year, the government sought to strip just over 120 naturalized Americans of their #citizenship. Such cases were far less common before #Trump was first elected, said Ms. Frost, who has written about the history of #denaturalization. Between 1990 & 2017, the government filed 305 denaturalization cases, an average of 11 per year.
#law #immigration #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
@Nonilex Melania?
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#DOJ Targets Hundreds of #Citizens in New Push for #Denaturalization
The #Trump admin is assigning denaturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of US citizenship.
The DOJ has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose #citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of #USattorney’s offices across the country.
#law #immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/justice-dept-citizens-denaturalization.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareIf only Elon Musk and Peter Seele and maybe David Sacks, I don’t know if he’s an American citizen by birth and also the grandson of PW Botha
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If only Elon Musk and Peter Seele and maybe David Sacks, I don’t know if he’s an American citizen by birth and also the grandson of PW Botha
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#DOJ Targets Hundreds of #Citizens in New Push for #Denaturalization
The #Trump admin is assigning denaturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of US citizenship.
The DOJ has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose #citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of #USattorney’s offices across the country.
#law #immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/justice-dept-citizens-denaturalization.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex Hundreds in a nation of 340 million?! What actual difference is that going to make aside from costing taxpayers money and tying up courts needlessly.
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#DOJ Targets Hundreds of #Citizens in New Push for #Denaturalization
The #Trump admin is assigning denaturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of US citizenship.
The DOJ has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose #citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of #USattorney’s offices across the country.
#law #immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/justice-dept-citizens-denaturalization.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex They've been reading Mein Kampf again, haven't they?
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