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Eugene

(66,211 posts) Wed Jul 2, 2025, 10:31 AM Jul 2

DOJ memo pushes for broader effort to revoke naturalized US citizenship

Source: The Hill

DOJ memo pushes for broader effort to revoke naturalized US citizenship

by Rebecca Beitsch - 07/01/25 1:14 PM ET

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has laid out new guidelines encouraging its attorneys to seek to strip U.S. citizenship from those who have naturalized if they have committed various crimes.

The June 11 memo tells attorneys in the Civil Division to move to strip citizenship from immigrants if they pose a threat to national security or gained the status through fraud by failing to acknowledge past crimes.

But the memo lists a number of other qualifying crimes, adding that attorneys can prioritize denaturalization even for those who are facing “pending criminal charges” that have not yet secured a conviction.

It recommends denaturalization for those “who pose a potential danger to national security, including those with a nexus to terrorism” or who “committed felonies that were not disclosed during the naturalization process” or otherwise made “material misrepresentations.”

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Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5379452-doj-memo-denaturalized-us-citizens-trump-immigration/

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DOJ memo pushes for broader effort to revoke naturalized US citizenship (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2 OP

What the Justice Department's push to bring denaturalization cases means Eugene Jul 2 #1

enemies list creon Jul 2 #2

Bye, Melania. sinkingfeeling Jul 2 #3

Eugene

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1. What the Justice Department's push to bring denaturalization cases means

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Wed Jul 2, 2025, 10:33 AM

Jul 2

Source: Associated Press

What the Justice Department’s push to bring denaturalization cases means

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Updated 5:08 PM EDT, July 1, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

Efforts to identity and go after those suspected of cheating to get their citizenship are not new to this administration.

But the public push is raising concerns from advocates, who have accused the administration of trying to use immigration enforcement for political purposes. It’s receiving increased scrutiny after a Republican member of Congress suggested that Zohran Mamdani, the New York City Democratic mayoral candidate, should be subject to denaturalization proceedings.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/denaturalization-memo-justice-department-trump-271516babd88591dc2e2a9fb462c4ce2

creon

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2. enemies list

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Wed Jul 2, 2025, 10:35 AM

Jul 2

I am sure that those people have a list of emeies.
It is how they operate

sinkingfeeling

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3. Bye, Melania.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 11:28 AM

Jul 2

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