Justice Department memo outlines priority categories for citizenship revocation, focusing on security threats, violent criminals, and financial fraudsters.
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TheJusticeDepartmentissuedamemodirectingUSattorneysto“prioritizeandmaximallypursuedenaturalizationproceedings”aspartofaneffortbytheTrumpadministrationtocrackdownoncrime.
ThememofromAssistantAttorneyGeneralBrettShumatestatesthatdenaturalizationcasesagainst“individualswhoposeapotentialdangertonationalsecurity,includingthosewithanexustoterrorism,espionage,ortheunlawfulexportfromtheUnitedStatesofsensitivegoods,technology,orinformationraisingnationalsecurityconcerns”areoneofthekeypriorities.
“Thebenefitsofcivildenaturalizationincludethegovernment’sabilitytorevokethecitizenshipofindividualswhoengagedinthecommissionofwarcrimes,extrajudicialkillings,orotherserioushumanrightsabuses;toremovenaturalizedcriminals,gangmembers,or,indeed,anyindividualsconvictedofcrimeswhoposeanongoingthreattotheUnitedStates;andtopreventcon
