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Justice Department Moves to Strip Citizenship from 40 Criminals in Largest Single-Period Filing Under the Trump Administration

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The Department of Justice and USCIS are pursuing denaturalization (citizenship removal) against approximately 40 individuals in what is described as the largest single filing of such cases under the current administration. The accused individuals face serious criminal charges including acting as foreign agents, manslaughter, and violent offenses. Denaturalization is a rare legal action that strips U.S. citizenship from naturalized citizens found to have obtained it through fraud or criminal conduct.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services partnered with the Department of Justice in its filing of denaturalization actions against dozens of individuals accused of serious offenses, including acting as an agent for a foreign government, committing voluntary manslaughter, and aggravated sodomy against a special‑needs man.

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