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Former Army general Mark Hertling reflects on Memorial Day as more than a long weekend, describing the laminated memorial cards he keeps listing fallen comrades, the true meaning of sacrifice, and the imperative for Americans to honor the fallen not with empty rhetoric but by living with integrity, serving their communities, and making the sacrifices of others matter in daily life.
The Justice Department announced denaturalization actions in federal court against 12 individuals it says earned citizenship through fraud or concealment and committed crimes ranging from terrorism to war crimes and child abuse; this marks a broader, Trump-era push to revoke naturalized citizenship, arare process that is being expanded amid a growing naturalized population (about 26 million in 2024) and renewed vows to pursue denaturalization more aggressively.
The Department of Justice has filed denaturalization actions against 12 foreign-born Americans, alleging crimes that qualify for revoking citizenship, as part of a broader effort to crack down on fraud in the naturalization process; cases are in courts nationwide and denaturalization can lead to loss of citizenship and possible deportation.
The Department of Justice filed civil denaturalization actions in multiple districts against 12 naturalized U.S. citizens who allegedly concealed criminal histories and ties to terrorism, including cases involving al-Qaida, war crimes, sexual abuse of a minor, and other offenses, seeking to revoke their citizenship under the Immigration and Nationality Act and restore integrity to the naturalization process.
The Justice Department announced 12 new denaturalization cases, escalating the federal effort to strip citizenship from individuals accused of hiding serious crimes and committing immigration fraud, affecting people from 11 countries; critics say the approach is sweeping.
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry says 69 people, described as non-Bahraini, had their citizenship revoked for allegedly supporting Iran and colluding with foreign entities amid the US–Israel war on Iran; rights groups call the move dangerous and potentially a violation of international law, with little clarity on who was affected or where they are.
The Justice Department plans to revoke citizenship from hundreds of naturalized Americans—starting with 384 individuals and averaging 200+ denaturalization referrals per month—raising concerns that civil denaturalization, which lacks right-to-counsel and jury trials, uses a lower burden of proof, and has no time limits, could put around 20 million naturalized citizens at lifelong risk and invite broad judicial pushback; critics argue the policy undermines fundamental rights and democracy, a point echoed by Afroyim v. Rusk’s protections of citizenship as a fundamental right.
The Justice Department is expanding a denaturalization program to potentially revoke citizenship from hundreds of foreign-born Americans, with USCIS directing 100–200 potential cases per month to DOJ for prosecution. While denaturalization has been rare historically (about 102 cases in four years), the Trump administration is pursuing what officials describe as the highest-volume effort to root out fraud and enforce immigration policies, though it’s not yet clear why this roughly 300-person group has been singled out.
A report claims the Trump administration is pressing the Department of Justice to strip citizenship from hundreds of foreign-born Americans, with a 384‑person denaturalization hit list already prepared, sparking civil-liberties concerns about expanding denaturalization efforts.
Italy’s 2025 law restricting citizenship by ancestry limits eligibility to those with a parent or grandparent who was Italian at birth and who avoided dual nationality, prompting Sabrina Crawford and another US family to challenge the measure in the Supreme Court. After the constitutional court upheld the law, lawyers argue it should not apply retroactively and that ius sanguinis rights at birth are at stake. The ruling could either uphold the policy or reopen pathways for thousands of pending requests from the US, Brazil and Argentina, affecting long-standing ties between Italy and its diaspora.
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.
A string of gun attacks in the Atlanta area left two women dead and a homeless man critically injured, including Lauren Bullis, a Department of Homeland Security employee. Authorities connected the three attacks and charged Olaolukitan Adon Abel, a UK-born man who reportedly became a U.S. citizen in 2022, with two counts of malice murder and related firearms offenses. Investigators are examining whether any victims were targeted, while Bullis’s colleagues and family remember her as warm and dedicated; the case drew attention from Homeland Security leadership.
Former NYC mayor Eric Adams was granted Albanian citizenship and a passport by a presidential decree, following a visit to Albania where he praised Tirana and discussed collaboration with Prime Minister Edi Rama, underscoring stronger ties between Albania and New York.
The Supreme Court is expected to decide this summer whether Trump’s order to curb birthright citizenship is constitutional, challenging the conventional reading of the Fourteenth Amendment that grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States. The case could narrow who qualifies for birthright citizenship and has wide implications for immigrant families and federal immigration policy.
ACLU Legal Director Cecillia Wang, the daughter of immigrants, will argue before the Supreme Court against the Trump administration’s bid to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants, a case that hinges on the 14th Amendment and is colored by her own family’s history.