US EditionTrump Admin Steps up Efforts to Strip Citizenship of Foreign-Born Americans
- The Trump administration announced a directive on June 11 to aggressively prioritize denaturalization of naturalized citizens accused of certain crimes across the United States.
- This initiative follows earlier efforts under Obama and Trump administrations to target foreign-born Americans, with critics warning about vague criteria and potential abuses of citizenship revocation.
- A recent case on June 13 saw a federal judge revoke Elliott Duke's citizenship due to criminal conduct prior to naturalization, highlighting the administration's expanding civil denaturalization approach.
- Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate said the Justice Department will "prioritize and maximally pursue denaturalization proceedings" including cases posing threats to national security or involving fraud, with DOJ lawyers given wide latitude.
- The expanded denaturalization policy suggests increased legal actions against foreign-born citizens with alleged criminal links, raising concerns about due process, impact on families, and creating a potential second class of citizens.
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Trump’s DOJ issues memo on plan to strip citizenship from some naturalized Americans
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Trump admin steps up efforts to strip citizenship of foreign-born Americans
The Trump administration plans to aggressively expand efforts to strip some foreign-born Americans of their U.S. citizenship, according to a recent memo from the Department of Justice (DOJ). Past denaturalization efforts focused on people who fraudulently obtained citizenship. However, under the new initiative, a DOJ official wrote, the government will “maximally pursue” the removal of naturalized citizens who run afoul of the law. The governmen…
President Trump’s government issues memorandum prioritizing actions to revoke U.S. citizenship of immigrant children
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