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Citizenship Revoked: US Cracks Down on 40 Criminals
6 Oct
Summary
- Department of Homeland Security is revoking citizenship from 40 individuals.
- Crimes include espionage, child pornography, and sexual abuse.
- This marks the largest denaturalization effort in modern history.
The Department of Homeland Security is significantly expanding its use of denaturalization, initiating actions to strip U.S. citizenship from 40 individuals. This effort has been described as the largest denaturalization push in modern history. These individuals face denaturalization due to convictions for serious crimes.
Offenses include espionage, transportation of child pornography, and sexual abuse of minors, though not all convictions were for violent crimes. The individuals, aged 26 to 76, originate from various countries, with the largest number, 11, being from Mexico. This concentrated period of denaturalization cases occurred between August 21 and October 2.
Data indicates a substantial rise in denaturalization attempts, with this recent push exceeding the combined total of the past several years. Experts anticipate this trend of denaturalization, once a rare court proceeding, will continue to increase.
