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DOJ moves to strip fraudsters, sex offenders, and drug dealers of US citizenship in ‘unprecedented’ denaturalization surge
Washington Examiner ^ | 06/08/2026 | Mia Cathell

Posted on 06/08/2026 10:30:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The federal government is moving to denaturalize more than a dozen “criminal aliens” for allegedly lying about their past crimes, including child sexual abuse, fraud, and drug dealing, during the naturalization process.

Officials with the Justice Department told the Washington Examiner that the denaturalization actions, announced on Monday, are “unprecedented.”

The suspects include convicts originally from Somalia, Haiti, Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, and Jamaica who are accused of withholding information from immigration authorities that would have made them ineligible to receive citizenship.

Federal law has long allowed the government to try to denaturalize foreign-born U.S. citizens who officials believe committed fraud to obtain their citizenship, such as by concealing information, like criminal conduct, on their immigration applications. But the process has been historically lengthy, complex and seldom exercised, requiring officials to persuade judges to strip naturalized citizens of their citizenship in civil or criminal proceedings in federal court.

The Trump administration has sought to vastly escalate denaturalization efforts as part of its larger crackdown on illegal and legal immigration. In 2025, the Justice Department broadened the categories of naturalized citizens who should be prioritized for denaturalization. Last month, officials announced a dozen denaturalization cases, at the time the largest such effort in years.

Some of the 17 citizens targeted in the latest denaturalization campaign were convicted of violent or serious crimes, including sex offenses against children. Others were convicted of fraud crimes or accused of committing immigration fraud.

In federal court complaints filed across the country in recent days, Justice Department officials argued that the individuals concealed their criminal activity when they applied for U.S. citizenship or were otherwise ineligible to be naturalized, including because they lacked a "good moral character," one of the requirements in the naturalization process.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: citizenship; denaturalization; doj; fraud

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1 posted on 06/08/2026 10:30:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

See also here:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/denaturalization-us-citizens-fraud-crimes-trump-administration/

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Those targeted in the latest round of denaturalization cases include a Haitian immigrant who allegedly sexually abused his daughter; a man from the former Yugoslavia convicted of sexually abusing a child under the age of 15; an immigrant from Mexico convicted of receiving sexually explicit images of minors; a former Catholic priest born in Colombia accused of child sex abuse; and a Filipino-born man who pleaded guilty to a child sex crime.

The group also includes an Indian immigrant accused of filing fraudulent H-1B visa petitions; the daughter of a Colombian drug trafficker accused of money laundering; a man born in Jamaica convicted of wire fraud; and a Cuban-born woman accused of defrauding a tribal casino. Other naturalized citizens were accused of using false identities.


2 posted on 06/08/2026 10:31:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

No fraudsters, sex offenders and drug dealers.

That would really reduce the population.


3 posted on 06/08/2026 10:33:06 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah, until some federal 0bama judge nullifies it.


4 posted on 06/08/2026 10:35:32 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wait for it.....a democrap judge will....


5 posted on 06/08/2026 10:36:09 AM PDT by notaliberal ((St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.))
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Yep. The DOJ has no right to do this without the consent and approval of a Clinton, Obama, or Biden appointed Judge


6 posted on 06/08/2026 10:40:10 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times Editor)
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To: SeekAndFind

The DNC’s Hamas wing will complain.


7 posted on 06/08/2026 10:44:57 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: lowbridge; notaliberal

There are HUGE implications for this if the DOK wins ( assuming it goes to court, and I am certain it will ).

For one, it means that even a sitting Congressman or woman ( I’m looking at you Ilhan Omar ) can be stripped of citizenship and deported.


8 posted on 06/08/2026 10:45:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Soros is going to have to come up with some more demonstration funds.


9 posted on 06/08/2026 10:51:51 AM PDT by dljordan (Yeah, I'm a BooYou must be able to hit the bullseyemer and it's all my fault you whiny little bitch.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Department Of Khaos? Kookery? Klansmen?


10 posted on 06/08/2026 10:56:45 AM PDT by pingman (Hi Ho Silver! AWAY!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just take all their assets and their organs.


11 posted on 06/08/2026 10:57:09 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That would be absolutely glorious.


12 posted on 06/08/2026 11:04:38 AM PDT by drwoof
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To: SeekAndFind

B.F.D. Even if some jail time happens, many cannot be deported because they are USA citizens. The worst that can happen to these undesirables is that they will lose their right to vote unless they live in CA where illegals and the dead vote regularly for the D ticket.


13 posted on 06/08/2026 11:19:07 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Election 2020 was stolen by mail-in voting. Mail-in voting and RCV counting should be abolished.)
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To: SkyDancer

No.
This is still such a small number of cases, and the burden of proof on government is soo big that whoever is denaturalized, it will stand.
But this procedure is really to just get rid of the worst of the worst. It cannot be used for any substantial removals of immigrants.


14 posted on 06/08/2026 11:55:16 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: SeekAndFind

But they’ll still remain on the voter rolls.


15 posted on 06/08/2026 12:32:15 PM PDT by murron
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To: ByteMercenary

Tell me you didn’t bother to read the excerpt and failed to comprehend the title without telling me you didn’t read the excerpt and don’t understand the title.


16 posted on 06/08/2026 12:59:45 PM PDT by Repeat Offender
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