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The Trump administration is pursuing denaturalization against 17 foreign-born U.S. citizens convicted of crimes. Legal experts call the move rare and aggressive, raising concerns about due process.
The Justice Department filed denaturalization cases against 17 foreign-born U.S. citizens who were convicted of crimes. Legal experts describe the move as rare and unusually aggressive. Denaturalization—stripping someone of citizenship after they've been granted it—is a weapon that hasn't been used this broadly in modern times. The administration didn't need court approval to pursue these cases; it simply filed them.
This signals a shift in how the executive branch views citizenship itself. Historically, denaturalization has been reserved for extreme cases like Nazi war criminals or people who obtained citizenship through fraud. Using it against foreign-born citizens convicted of crimes sets a new, wider precedent. Once you establish that citizenship can be revoked for criminal conviction, the door opens to expanding that logic. Legal protections that seemed permanent become conditional.
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