US Justice Department Launches Major Push to Revoke Naturalized Citizenship

The US Justice Department has announced lawsuits in several federal courts seeking to strip dozens of naturalized Americans of their citizenship.

The cases involve allegations including acting as agents for a foreign government, manslaughter and sexual assault against minors. The announcement did not specify how those allegations were distributed among the people targeted.

The coordinated filings mark the largest wave of such cases brought in a single period during President Donald Trump’s administration.

The department is pursuing denaturalization through the courts. Filing the lawsuits does not itself revoke citizenship, and the announcement did not report any rulings on the requests.