DOJ widens denaturalization push, targeting 12 naturalized citizens
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The Justice Department filed denaturalization actions in federal court against 12 people, accusing them of crimes including terrorism support, war crimes and sexual abuse of a minor, signaling a stepped-up Trump-era effort to revoke citizenship. Denaturalization has grown from historical norms, with a June memo signaling broader enforcement, and there are about 26 million naturalized citizens in 2024 (with 818,000 new naturalizations that year).
- DOJ moves to strip citizenship of 12 people amid denaturalization push USA Today
- Trump administration ramps up denaturalization campaign, targeting U.S. citizens accused of crimes, fraud, terrorism CBS News
- Trump Administration Wants to Strip 12 Immigrants of U.S. Citizenship The New York Times
- Justice Department seeks to denaturalize man who pleaded guilty in MN to terrorism charge Star Tribune
- DOJ moves to denaturalize former Phoenix driving school owner accused of killing Iraqi officers FOX 10 Phoenix
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