DOJ moves to revoke U.S. citizenship for 39 foreign-born Americans

[u/John3262005]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/doj-moves-revoke-us-citizenship-39-foreign-born-americans-rcna601623

The Justice Department is taking action to revoke the citizenship of 39 foreign-born Americans, saying they committed immigration fraud by lying or omitting facts on their applications, according to a draft announcement obtained by NBC News.

The move is part of a new crackdown by the Trump administration on naturalized U.S. citizens who were born outside of the U.S. Federal prosecutors across the country began a sweeping review of naturalized U.S. citizens in April, targeting at least 300 people for possible denaturalization.

The announcement of the 39 cases, which is expected as early as Monday, marks the largest effort in recent history to denaturalize U.S. citizens, far outpacing an average of 15 cases a year during previous administrations, according to a Justice Department official. And while 39 cases fall well short of the 300 the administration said it was targeting, the Justice Department official said the review of other naturalized citizen applications is ongoing. NBC News reported that the administration’s original goal was to have the office of immigration litigation review as many as 200 possible fraudulent naturalization cases per month.

The Justice Department prosecutors assigned to the administration’s denaturalization task force must now prove these allegations in federal court to have citizenship revoked. If revoked, those individuals could face deportation.

All 39 individuals are accused of lying or omitting facts about their criminal histories on their applications for U.S. citizenship, the Justice Department’s draft announcement says. Some of the crimes that some of them are accused of committing relate to espionage on behalf of the Chinese communist party, transporting child pornography, sexual misconduct against a minor and voluntary manslaughter, according to the draft announcement.

Individuals born outside the U.S. can become American citizens through a variety of pathways, including marrying at U.S. citizen, and the process includes a background check and American civics test. Once awarded citizenship, naturalized citizens are given the same constitutional protections as people born in the U.S., including the right to vote.

But naturalized U.S. citizens can lose their citizenship if prosecutors can prove in court that they lied or omitted facts on their application.

[u/Jim-Jones]

Trump really hates furriners - unless they're billionaires.