The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil denaturalization case against Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem, a Nigerian national, seeking to revoke his U.S. citizenship based on involvement in a multimillion-dollar tax fraud scheme. USCIS…
A Connecticut woman and naturalized U.S. citizen from Bosnia was sentenced to 30 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining citizenship while having committed torture and war crimes. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services investigated…
USCIS assisted in the successful denaturalization of Carlos Noe Gallegos, a convicted child sex offender, in a case announced by the U.S. attorney's office in Texas. The denaturalization process removes citizenship status from individuals…
A federal judge revoked the U.S. citizenship of a Salvadoran national, Isidro Arcenio Alvarado, after he pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining citizenship. He was convicted of child molestation and sentenced to active prison time, then…
USCIS and the Department of Justice have initiated a denaturalization lawsuit against Philippe Bien-Aime, the former Mayor of North Miami, based on an investigation into how he obtained U.S. citizenship. The civil complaint was filed in…
Two Pakistani nationals in New Jersey were indicted for illegally voting in a federal election and submitting false information on their U.S. citizenship applications. USCIS investigation and cooperation with law enforcement led to the…
A Bosnian-born naturalized U.S. citizen pleaded guilty to lying on her citizenship application about prior criminal conduct, including war crimes. USCIS's investigation contributed to the federal case prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's…
A Mexican national who was recently reelected as mayor of Coldwater, Kansas faces voter fraud charges filed by the Kansas Attorney General in November 2024. The charges were announced shortly after USCIS provided assistance in the case.…
USCIS has updated guidance on military naturalization to clarify that uncharacterized discharges occurring on or after August 1, 2024 do not satisfy the "honorable conditions" requirement for alien service members to naturalize. Former…