Naturalized citizens are next. As # 45 Trump tried. In 2010, Operation Janus was launched to expand the Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS”) efforts to identify individuals with a final deportation order who naturalized or obtained legal permanent residence status under a different identity. A 2016 DHS Office of In…
Naturalized citizens are next. As # 45 Trump tried. In 2010, Operation Janus was launched to expand the Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS”) efforts to identify individuals with a final deportation order who naturalized or obtained legal permanent residence status under a different identity. A 2016 DHS Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) report determined that there were 1,029 such cases and identified the lack of digital fingerprint records as the main cause of the problem. DHS identified another 953 cases of naturalized citizens with prior deportation orders under other identities. The OIG report also noted that fingerprint records were lacking in approximately 315,000 cases of non-citizens with final deportation orders or criminal convictions and that in about 148,000 cases Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) had not yet reviewed and tried to retrieve and digitize old fingerprint cards. The OIG report noted that as of September 2016, United States Attorney’s Offices had accepted two Operation Janus cases for criminal prosecution and declined twenty-six others.
Under the first Trump administration, the government significantly increased its capacity to investigate U.S. citizens and pursue denaturalization cases. In 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it intended to refer approximately 1,600 cases to the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) forprosecution and the creation of a new office dedicated to reviewing and referring denaturalization cases to DOJ. DHS also diverted funds from USCIS’s budget to ICE in order to conduct investigations of naturalized citizens. As a result of these investigations, denaturalization case referrals to DOJ increased 600 percent over
the last three years.10 In February 2020, DOJ announced the creation of the Denaturalization Section within DOJ’s Office of Immigration Litigation which will be “dedicated to investigating and litigating revocation of naturalization.”
Tucked among the priorities listed in his Day 1 executive orders was a one-line reference to enforcing a section of immigration law under which the government can revoke an immigrant's U.S. citizenship if it was "unlawfully procured."
In the red-baiting 1950s, the U.S. government used its considerable power to strip citizenship from immigrants it viewed as political enemies – labor leaders, journalists, or critics of the government accused of being Communists.
the last three years.10 In February 2020, DOJ announced the creation of the Denaturalization Section within DOJ’s Office of Immigration Litigation which will be “dedicated to investigating and litigating revocation of naturalization.”
Biden was sworn in on Jan 20, 2020 therefore this is a bipartisan effort.
Shades of Bracero!
Naturalized citizens are next. As # 45 Trump tried. In 2010, Operation Janus was launched to expand the Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS”) efforts to identify individuals with a final deportation order who naturalized or obtained legal permanent residence status under a different identity. A 2016 DHS Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) report determined that there were 1,029 such cases and identified the lack of digital fingerprint records as the main cause of the problem. DHS identified another 953 cases of naturalized citizens with prior deportation orders under other identities. The OIG report also noted that fingerprint records were lacking in approximately 315,000 cases of non-citizens with final deportation orders or criminal convictions and that in about 148,000 cases Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) had not yet reviewed and tried to retrieve and digitize old fingerprint cards. The OIG report noted that as of September 2016, United States Attorney’s Offices had accepted two Operation Janus cases for criminal prosecution and declined twenty-six others.
Under the first Trump administration, the government significantly increased its capacity to investigate U.S. citizens and pursue denaturalization cases. In 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it intended to refer approximately 1,600 cases to the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) forprosecution and the creation of a new office dedicated to reviewing and referring denaturalization cases to DOJ. DHS also diverted funds from USCIS’s budget to ICE in order to conduct investigations of naturalized citizens. As a result of these investigations, denaturalization case referrals to DOJ increased 600 percent over
the last three years.10 In February 2020, DOJ announced the creation of the Denaturalization Section within DOJ’s Office of Immigration Litigation which will be “dedicated to investigating and litigating revocation of naturalization.”
Tucked among the priorities listed in his Day 1 executive orders was a one-line reference to enforcing a section of immigration law under which the government can revoke an immigrant's U.S. citizenship if it was "unlawfully procured."
In the red-baiting 1950s, the U.S. government used its considerable power to strip citizenship from immigrants it viewed as political enemies – labor leaders, journalists, or critics of the government accused of being Communists.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/27/trump-resumes-threat-to-denaturalize-citizens/77905612007/
Some of the following members of Congress are naturalized citizens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign-born_United_States_politicians
Deport Bernie Mareno.
the last three years.10 In February 2020, DOJ announced the creation of the Denaturalization Section within DOJ’s Office of Immigration Litigation which will be “dedicated to investigating and litigating revocation of naturalization.”
Biden was sworn in on Jan 20, 2020 therefore this is a bipartisan effort.