What the Justice Department's Push to Bring Denaturalization Cases Means

What the Justice Department's Push to Bring Denaturalization Cases Means

The Justice Department is ramping up its plans to revoke the citizenship of immigrants who've committed crimes or pose a national security risk, according to a recent memo underscoring the Trump administration's hardline immigration agenda.

DOJ Opens Door To Stripping Citizenship Over Politics

Throughout the campaign, Republicans teased an idea: the next Trump government would start to remove the citizenship of naturalized Americans.

Can Trump’s Justice Department strip citizenship from Americans?

More than 25 million Americans are naturalized citizens who immigrated to the United States

DOJ memo outlines plans for ‘prioritizing denaturalization’ — aka yanking US citizenship — of individuals charged with certain crimes

The Justice Department will prioritize revoking the US citizenship of individuals charged with certain crimes, according to a memo issued by the agency earlier this month.

Trump’s justice department issues directive to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship for criminal offenses

Memo says those subjected to civil proceedings are not entitled to an attorney like they are in criminal cases

DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship

Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually used in only the most serious and rare of cases: dealing with Nazis or war criminals.