Justice Department plans denaturalization cases against 384 naturalized U.S. citizens

What is denaturalization?

Denaturalization is a legal process in which the government asks a court to revoke U.S. citizenship from a naturalized citizen. The cited reports say it is generally used when citizenship was obtained through fraud or other disqualifying conduct during the naturalization process EL PAÍS Hill.

What is new about this Justice Department effort?

The new element is scale and staffing: the department has identified 384 people and plans to assign cases to civil litigators in 39 U.S. attorney’s offices, rather than relying only on specialist immigration litigators, in an effort to speed filings NYT Financial Express Hill.

What is still unknown?

Reports say it is not yet clear what led the department to target these 384 people or what evidence or allegations apply in each case. That leaves the criteria for selection and the likely outcomes of the cases unresolved for now NYT Newsweek HuffPost.