Trump-era push targets hundreds of naturalized citizens for denaturalization, first wave identified

The Trump administration is pressuring the Justice Department to pursue hundreds of denaturalization cases, identifying 384 foreign-born U.S. citizens as potential targets and planning to assign civil litigators across 39 regional offices. The move, described by the Times as the first wave of a White House–backed effort, highlights a broader crackdown on naturalized citizens while raising concerns about resource strain, potential overreach, and the use of broad categories to revoke citizenship—denaturalizations remain comparatively rare due to cost and procedural hurdles.