US Justice Department says it moved to strip citizenship from 17 naturalized people
The lawsuits accuse the 17 of fraud, concealment or serious crimes, as the administration intensifies denaturalization efforts nationwide.
- On Monday, The Justice Department announced it will seek to revoke citizenship from 17 people, marking the latest expansion of President Trump's denaturalization campaign targeting naturalized American citizens.
- The Trump administration has escalated these efforts since last year, broadening categories for prioritization in 2025 after announcing a dozen similar cases last month, the largest such effort in years at the time.
- Federal complaints allege these individuals concealed criminal histories, including sex offenses and fraud, when applying for citizenship, failing the requirement to possess a "good moral character" necessary for naturalization.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche vowed "zero tolerance" for abuse, while Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated the administration will "continue to use every lawful avenue to denaturalize and remove aliens."
- Denaturalization remains a rare, complex legal process requiring court proceedings; targeted individuals maintain the right to challenge filings to retain their status and avoid losing legal benefits, including protection from deportation.
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DOJ announces plans to revoke citizenship from 17 naturalized citizens
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that it will move to revoke citizenship from 17 naturalized citizens. Denaturalization cases are rare; from 1990 through 2017 there were only 305 denaturalization cases, or an average 11 per year. In that same time period, approximately 644,000 immigrants became US citizens each year. Under federal law, the government may ask a court to strip the citizenship of people who obtained their citizen…
U.S. expands use of citizenship revocation policy for naturalized Americans - Asian Journal News
The DOJ has filed civil denaturalization actions against 17 naturalized Americans as part of an expanded citizenship revocation policy. - Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The Justice Department says the civil cases target people accused of concealing crimes, fraud or other material facts during the naturalization process. WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has filed civil actions seeking to revoke the…
Trump Admin Mounts Unprecedented Drive to Denaturalize Citizens for Fraud.
The Trump administration has announced plans to revoke the citizenship of 17 naturalized immigrants accused of immigration fraud, marking an unprecedented use of denaturalization laws.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration announced what officials described as the largest denaturalization effort in modern history on Monday, moving to revoke the U.S. citizenship of 17 naturalized immigrants accused of obtaining citizenship through f…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that it seeks to revoke U.S. citizenship of the daughter of a major Colombian drug trafficker, who inherited his money after his death, and was naturalized in 2009.
'Melania and Barron First': Critics Drag FLOTUS Into Trump's Largest Denaturalization Effort Seeking to Revoke 17 Citizenships
Melania Trump and her son, Barron Trump, have been drawn into Donald Trump's largest denaturalisation effort to date, which seeks to revoke the citizenship of 17 individuals. Court filings indicate the 17 individuals may have committed various offences, ranging from sexual abuse of a minor, wire and bank fraud, and drug distribution without a licence, and are now at risk of losing their US citizenship. Why Melania Trump and Elon Musk Are Dragged…
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