Trump administration ramps up effort to revoke citizenship from naturalized Americans
The effort expands a 12-lawyer unit as officials say 29 cases were filed in less than two months.
- On Thursday, the Trump administration plans to file at least 250 denaturalization cases by October, significantly intensifying efforts to revoke citizenship from foreign-born Americans, according to a senior Justice Department official.
- The Justice Department has already filed 29 cases in less than two months, far exceeding the annual average of less than 10 recorded between 2008 and June 12, 2026, according to Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
- A 12-attorney unit is handling the backlog by pulling civil litigators from other divisions, straining U.S. attorney offices already processing referrals from the Department of Homeland Security.
- Daniel Kanstroom, professor of law at Boston College Law School, noted the emphasis is "potentially worrisome" but fits past patterns, while Stacey Young of Justice Connection warned litigation remains a significant impediment.
- The Supreme Court will soon rule on whether the policy is legal, as a senior Justice Department official told CNN that denaturalization is a "lawful tool" Congress has provided for decades.
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No Citizen Safe? Justice Department De-naturalisation Push Could Exceed All Cases Filed Since 2008
The US Justice Department is rapidly expanding its efforts to strip naturalised Americans of their status, putting hundreds of immigrants in immediate legal jeopardy. Federal authorities have quietly escalated a targeted campaign across the country to dismantle citizenship previously granted to foreign-born individuals. Legal experts warn that the true scale of this sweeping autumn crackdown is only just beginning to emerge. Trump Administration…
Donald Trump has made immigration control one of the banners of his mandate. Since he returned to the White House, he has increased restrictions and, among them, denaturation, that is, the process by which citizenship is revoked of a foreign person who acquires the nationality of a second (naturalized) state. The last in the U.S. government's sights are 17 naturalized U.S. citizens who could lose their nationality by being pointed out by the Dep…
Department of Justice plans to file at least 250 cases of revocation of citizenship by October
La administración Trump planea presentar al menos 250 casos de revocación de la ciudadanía para octubre
(LPL/CNN) – Según un alto funcionario del Departamento de Justicia, la administración Trump planea presentar al menos 250 casos de revocación de la ciudadanía para octubre, intensificando significativamente sus esfuerzos para retirar el estatus a las personas naturalizadas en Estados Unidos. En menos de dos meses este año, el Departamento de Justicia ha presentado 29 […]
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