No Borders NewsA U.S. advocacy group says the Trump administration is again pushing efforts to strip citizenship through denaturalization. The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) argues that public statements and reporting about the administration’s priorities are meant to pressure federal prosecutors to focus on these cases.
According to ILRC, media reports quote administration officials saying they want to denaturalize hundreds of people. ILRC characterizes this as a strategy to send a message to people who became citizens through naturalization—suggesting they could be treated as “second-class” and remain at risk.
ILRC also says the approach is especially harmful because naturalization typically follows multiple immigration steps, background checks, and other vetting before citizenship is granted. The group argues that continuing to pursue denaturalization in this way can destabilize immigrant communities and communities of color.
The ILRC statement does not provide specific details about which cases will be targeted or what legal standards would apply in individual matters. For the most accurate information, readers are directed to the official reporting and any court filings in specific denaturalization proceedings.
ILRC says it is working with partners and communities to push back against these tactics, including calls for local and state protections and for elected officials to respond.