DOJ Memo Pushes for Broader Effort to Revoke Naturalized US Citizenship

Commentary: Trump Poised to Try to Remove Noncitizens from Census - The Pennsylvania Daily Star

Following a years-long surge in illegal immigration, the Trump administration is poised to challenge a longstanding but legally fraught practice: counting illegal aliens in the U.S. census.

Can American Citizens Lose Their Citizenship?

Yes, but only if they intend to relinquish it (or, if they are naturalized citizens and committed fraud during the naturalization process).

Becoming a US citizen no longer enough to escape Trump immigration crackdown - West Hawaii Today

The de-naturalization of foreign-born U.S. citizens isn’t new and has been done under both Democratic and Republican presidents. But the Trump administration’s latest guidance telling federal prosecutors to “prioritize” such cases raises a significant question: How will be this new priority be focused? Will it be stretched to go beyond obvious cases of immigration fraud to become a political weapon deployed in service of the president’s goal to …

Becoming a US citizen no longer enough to escape Trump immigration crackdown - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

The de-naturalization of foreign-born U.S. citizens isn’t new and has been done under both Democratic and Republican presidents. But the Trump administration’s latest guidance telling federal prosecutors to “prioritize” such cases raises a significant question: How will be this new priority be focused? Will it be stretched to go beyond obvious cases of immigration fraud to become a political weapon deployed in service of the president’s goal to …

Denaturalized Citizens Forced To Exit, Can’t Escape Exit Tax

Can naturalized Americans whose citizenship is revoked be subject to U.S. exit tax expatriation rules? Involuntarily giving up U.S. citizenship, but still taxed.

Noah Feldman: No, the government can’t just take away your citizenship

In a memo last month listing its law enforcement priorities, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice prioritized stripping citizenship from naturalized citizens who pose threats to the U.S., including national security dangers, terrorism, gang affiliations and fraud. Given the administration’s…