Justice Department’s effort to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans could face widespread judicial pushback

Denaturalization risks becoming a tool of political control, creating a permanent vulnerability for more than 20 million naturalized Americans.

By: Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University and Irina D. Manta, Hofstra University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: April 24, 2026

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Last Updated: 3 months ago

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By Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University and Irina D. Manta, Hofstra University

The Justice Department has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke as “the first wave” of such measures, according to recent reporting by The New York Times. These cases are being assigned to prosecutors in 39 U.S. attorney’s offices across the country.

The administration has ordered Department of Homeland Security staffers to refer upward of 200 denaturalization cases …

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