The Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump has identified 384 foreign-born Americans who could be stripped of their citizenship. The DOJ compiled this list of individuals who were born outside the US, and the administration plans to use it as a starting point for a broader denaturalization effort. Experts are warning that this is just the beginning of a much larger campaign.
The denaturalization process is rare, used mainly against foreign-born Americans who have committed serious crimes or engaged in immigration fraud. However, Trump’s administration has been pushing hard to ramp up these efforts, with officials ordering the Department of Homeland Security to refer over 200 denaturalization cases per month to the DOJ. This marks a significant shift from how such cases have historically been handled in the United States.
