The Justice Department announced Monday that it's seeking to strip away the citizenship of 17 people because they hid past offenses — including child sexual abuse, insurance fraud and stock manipulation — from immigration officials.
The effort is part of an unprecedented push by President Donald Trump's administration to exercise the government's denaturalization power after he won reelection in 2024 by campaigning on a pledge to carry out the mass deportation of up to 20 million people from the U.S.
