Donald Trump won the presidency by promising to deport immigrants with criminal records and lacking permanent legal status. His administration's early executive orders aimed at attacking immigrants with permanent legal status were evident in attempts to undo birthright citizenship and suspend refugee programs. A push to prioritize denaturalization of naturalized citizens based on vague national security threats has arisen, led by new instructions from the Department of Justice. In an opposing development, an immigrant child with leukemia successfully challenged immigration policies through a lawsuit.
President Donald Trump has placed a target on naturalized citizens' backs, instructing his administration to go after them over ill-defined national security threats and strip them of their U.S. citizenship.
Trump is authorizing the denaturalization process in a much more sweeping way, evidenced in a memo instructing Department of Justice employees to prioritize denaturalization cases.
A new memo from Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate directs all Civilian Division employees to prioritize denaturalization, a process that historically has been used under relatively rare circumstances.
An immigrant child battling leukemia, arrested after attending a court hearing, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's policy of targeting courthouses, successfully securing his release.
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