The attorneys at Kantaras Law are constantly staying abreast of the latest news in immigration laws and processes to better help and inform clients.
According to a recent NBC News article, the Trump administration is working to significantly increase efforts to revoke United States citizenship from certain naturalized Americans. The focus is on people who were born outside of the United States and later became citizens, with officials reviewing more cases to determine whether citizenship may have been obtained through fraud, misrepresentation, or other legal violations.
The plan involves staff at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to identify and refer more potential denaturalization cases to the United States Department of Justice. While denaturalization has historically been rare and typically limited to serious issues like fraud or human rights violations, this effort aims to increase the number of cases pursued each month. Any attempt to strip citizenship would still have to go through the federal court system. It cannot be done automatically or by executive action alone.
For anyone concerned about how the denaturalization program will affect them, please contact the immigration attorneys at Kantaras Law.