The Justice Department moved to strip 17 individuals of their citizenship for “serious offenses,” filing denaturalization actions in U.S. district courts around the country. Trump administration officials say the immigrants failed to disclose unlawful behavior during their naturalization proceedings.
The Trump administration “maintains a zero-tolerance policy for the abuse of this process,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Monday in a press release about the DOJ’s actions.
Officials told CBS News, which was the first to report on the denaturalization push, that it’s the largest effort yet by President Donald Trump to revoke citizenship.