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Héctor Ríos Morales

Report: Denaturalization Filings Surge as Trump Administration Expands Citizenship Crackdown

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 29: Immigrants wait for their citizenship interviews at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), district office on January 29, 2013 in New York City. Some 118,000 immigrants applied for U.S. citizenship in the New York City dictrict in 2012. (Credit: Photo by John Moore/Getty Images))

Months after suggesting he would denaturalize U.S. citizens if he had the authority to do so, President Donald Trump appears to be moving toward that goal as part of his broader immigration crackdown.

According to a Border Report investigation, the number of denaturalization cases has risen sharply under Trump's second administration. A report from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse found that, since May, the administration has filed 33 denaturalization complaints against people who had previously obtained U.S. citizenship, 15 in May and 18 so far in June.

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