Overview
- The Justice Department says it has identified roughly 300 to 384 naturalized citizens for possible loss of citizenship in an expanded crackdown.
- Federal prosecutors in field offices around the country are handling the effort, with 39 U.S. attorney’s offices reported to be assigned cases.
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has sent or reassigned staff to hunt for cases, with a reported goal of flagging 100 to 200 potential referrals each month for DOJ.
- A June 2025 DOJ memo set ten priority categories, from national security threats and war crimes to immigration, identity and financial fraud, and includes a broad catch‑all for cases deemed “sufficiently important.”
- Denaturalization must be pursued in federal court and judges require strong proof, yet experts warn the scale‑up could rope in people over small paperwork mistakes such as typographical errors.