Over 25m naturalised Americans may be affected as US begins denaturalisation process

Over 25m naturalised Americans may be affected as US begins denaturalisation process

A memo from the United States department of justice (DOJ)
has directed attorneys in the civil division to prioritise denaturalisation
proceedings against naturalised citizens who committed certain offences.

 

Denaturalisation is the process in which a person is
stripped of their citizenship, especially the one acquired through
nationalisation and not by birth.

 

The memo published on June 11 on the website of the US DOJ
asked the attorneys to prioritise denaturalisation against citizens who had
“illegally procured” or procured naturalisation by “concealment of a material
fact or by willful misrepresentation”.

 

“The benefits of civil denaturalization include the
government’s ability to revoke the citizenship of individuals who engaged in
the commission of war crimes, extrajudicial killings, or other serious human
rights abuses; to remove naturalized criminals, gang members, or, indeed, any
individuals convicted of crimes who pose an ongoing threat to the United
States; and to prevent convicted terrorists from returning to U.S. soil or traveling
internationally on a U.S. passport,” part of the memo reads.

 

The memo stipulates categories of denaturalisation cases
that should be prioritised, to include “cases against individuals who pose a
potential danger to national security, including those with a nexus to
terrorism, espionage, or the unlawful export from the United States of
sensitive goods, technology, or information raising national security
concerns.”

 

“Cases against individuals who engaged in torture, war
crimes, or other human rights violations; cases against individuals who further
or furthered the unlawful enterprise of criminal gangs, transnational criminal
organizations, and drug cartels.

 

“Cases against individuals who committed felonies that were
not disclosed during the naturalization process, cases against individuals who
committed human trafficking, sex offenses, or violent crimes, and cases against
individuals who engaged in various forms of financial fraud against the United
States (including Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan fraud and
Medicaid/Medicare fraud).”

 

 

Others are cases against individuals who engaged in fraud
against private individuals, funds, or corporations; cases against individuals
who acquired naturalisation through government corruption, fraud, or material
misrepresentations, not otherwise addressed by another priority category; and
cases referred by a United States attorney’s office or in connection with
pending criminal charges, if those charges do not fit within one of the other
priorities.

 

This directive is targeted at over 25 million naturalised
Americans, according to 2023 data by the Migration Policy Institute.

 

The memo reflects US President Donald Trump’s continued
clampdown on legal and illegal migration into the country.

 

Recently, the US supreme court ruled that federal judges
exceeded their authority by halting Trump’s executive order aimed at ending
birthright citizenship — the long-standing right to citizenship for anyone born
on US soil.

 

The case centred on injunctions granted by the federal
courts in three separate lawsuits challenging Trump’s order, which temporarily
blocked the policy from taking effect while the courts deliberated.

 

However, the supreme court did not rule on the constitutionality
of the president’s order itself, leaving room for the Trump administration to
press forward with the controversial plan.

Source: Over 25m naturalised Americans may be affected as US begins denaturalisation process

 - NigerianEye

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