DOJ Prioritizes Citizenship Revocation for Crimes | JQJO

The Justice Department is prioritizing denaturalization efforts, aiming to revoke the citizenship of naturalized Americans who commit certain crimes. A June 11 memo directs attorneys to prioritize cases involving crimes like national security violations or fraud. This move, raising constitutional concerns among experts, follows previous administrations' use of denaturalization, but with expanded criteria and civil litigation, potentially impacting families and creating a two-tiered citizenship system. One case, resulting in the revocation of a veteran's citizenship for distributing child sexual abuse material, highlights the new policy's impact.