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Ukrainian arms smuggler, Cuban fraudster, Lebanese criminal: US revokes citizenship of all three, says it's not a cheap status

Ukrainian arms smuggler Vladimir Volgaev, Cuban woman Cabrera Diaz and Lebanese man Alec Nasreddine Kassir. All three of them had US citizenship until they didn't, as the Donald Trump administration found out their crime trail and denaturalized them, revoking their US citizenship, making it clear that getting US citizenship does not make an individual immune to punitive actions and citizenship can be revoked. “American citizenship is a sacred privilege — not a cheap status that can be obtained dishonestly,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “These actions reflect this Department of Justice's ongoing efforts to strip citizenship from people who conceal crimes or defraud the American people during the immigration process.”

Ukrainian arms smuggler Vladimir Volgaev

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