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DOJ Targets 384 for Denaturalization in Expanded Crackdown: NYT
Officials say 15 people have lost citizenship since January 2025 as the department shifts cases to civil litigators nationwide.
- The Justice Department has identified 384 foreign-born Americans for potential citizenship revocation, assigning cases to civil litigators across 39 U.S. attorney's offices as part of an expanded denaturalization push.
- This initiative follows a directive instructing the Department of Homeland Security to refer over 200 potential denaturalization cases monthly, a dramatic shift from the historical average of about 11 cases annually between 1990 and 2017.
- During a meeting last week, Francey Hakes, director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, described the 384 cases as "the first wave," while acknowledging that civil divisions are understaffed and managing existing litigation surges.
- Law professor Amanda Frost of the University of Virginia warned the initiative creates uncertainty for naturalized citizens, stating, "The message it sends is that naturalized citizens don't have the same rights and stability as native-born citizens."
- White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson maintained the effort relies on existing federal law, though Lucas Guttentag of Stanford Law School called the campaign a "distortion of the law" intended to destabilize citizenship principles.
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