Immigrant stripped of citizenship under federal initiative [NJ]

Associated Press ^ | Jan 11, 2017 2:03 PM EST

[Olog-hai]

Officials stripped a New Jersey resident of his citizenship because they said he used a false name when he entered the United States more than 25 years ago.

Baljinder Singh became the first person to be denaturalized under Operation Janus, a Homeland Security Department initiative that revokes citizenship of those who circumvented background checks during the naturalization process. A judge revoked his citizenship Friday, according to the U.S. Justice Department, which announced the ruling Tuesday.

Assistant Attorney General Chad Readler said Singh “exploited” the U.S. immigration system, “which undermines both the nation’s security and our lawful immigration system.”

Federal authorities accused the Carteret resident of using an alias to avoid deportation. Prosecutors said Singh, who was born in India, arrived in the U.S. in 1991 with no proof of identity, and gave authorities the name Davinder Singh. …

[gogeo]

To be fair, if my first name was Baljinder...

[Reno89519]

Do this for every Indian and Pakistan that came to the US over the last 25 years. Can’t do it for Mexicans because they are simply illegal aliens and need to be rounded up and deported. Get that wall up and toss them over it. Imagine how much better the US would be if we could reverse or undo 25 years of immigration from just those three countries?

[Gene Eric]

Singh... Indian, 25+ years paying taxes...

FOAD, AP. Your misrepresentations of the circumstances are obvious and deceitful.

[backwoods-engineer]

Good. Deport them all. Anyone who lied to get in this country should be deported.

[Pollster1]

Good. Deport all illegals. For legals who committed fraud to get their legal status, revoke that legal status and deport them too. The rule of law matters, if we want to avoid becoming the manure-pile country that democrats dream of creating.