Denaturalization, the process of revoking a person’s American
citizenship, has been around for years – but it has rarely been used and the
burden of proof set intentionally high. Citizenship can be revoked either by
civil proceeding or pursuant to a criminal conviction.
But statistics show under the Trump Administration, the number of
civil cases filed has slowly been on the rise.
“This renewed focus on and renewed use of the tool of
denaturalization is an important element in the Trump Administration’s efforts
to restore integrity to our legal immigration system,” said Jessica Vaughan
from the Center for Immigration Studies. “Because after all, citizenship is the
ultimate prize.”
Last year, a new unit was formed in the Los Angeles Office of U.S
Citizenship and Immigration Services, designed specifically to review the
records of people who became U.S. Citizens since 1990. A September 2016 report
released by the Inspector General showed that 315,000 old fingerprint records for
immigrants who either had criminal convictions or deportation orders against
them had not been uploaded into a database used to check identities.
Officials found nearly 900 people who had been ordered deported or
removed under a different identity, so now more than 2,500 cases are under the
microscope.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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