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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis

US justice department moves to strip citizenship of 40 naturalized citizens

A woman holds an American flag and a printout of the oath of allegiance next to a manila envelope
A woman holds an American flag during a naturalization ceremony in Providence, Rhode Island, on 22 July 2026. Photograph: John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Donald Trump’s justice department has moved to strip the citizenship of 40 naturalized citizens accused of crimes in what authorities describe as “the largest” such initiative over a single period during his administration.

US justice department officials on Monday announced the filing of “denaturalization actions” against more than three dozen people alleged to have committed such offenses as “acting as an agent for a foreign government, committing voluntary manslaughter, and aggravated sodomy against a special‑needs man”.

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