Citizenship

Antonio Mitchell, a 54-year-old Jamaican green card holder living in New Jersey, was arrested by ICE HSI on November 3, 2026, for allegedly voting in US federal elections for 22 years and then lying about it on his naturalization application. The arrest shows that immigration authorities are cross-checking voting records against citizenship applications — and that a decades-old mistake can surface at the worst possible moment.

What if the government decided your naturalization paperwork — filled out decades ago, possibly by a parent — contained an error? That is the exact question facing Congresswoman Ilhan Omar right now. Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan said on Fox News that denaturalizing and deporting Omar is "of course" possible, after federal agents raided her Minnesota home on October 12, seized her phone, and issued more than a dozen subpoenas targeting her relatives.

USCIS and the Department of Justice filed denaturalization cases against 17 naturalized U.S. citizens, accusing them of lying during the citizenship process — about criminal histories, fake identities, and fraudulent marriages. If federal courts rule against them, each person could lose their citizenship entirely. The cases, filed across more than a dozen federal districts in recent months, signal that USCIS is actively reviewing past naturalization records for fraud.

The US Justice Department filed denaturalization actions against 40 naturalized citizens between August 21 and October 2, 2026 — what DOJ called the largest single-period effort of its kind under the Trump administration. Attorney General Todd Blanche said those targeted "concealed critical facts" during the naturalization process and represent "serious criminal offenders." The move signals that naturalized citizenship, long considered permanent, is now under active legal challenge at a scale not seen before.

You had your baby in the United States, and you assumed that meant automatic citizenship. Now the State Department has drafted a proposal that could let the government deny your child a US passport — based on your immigration status. The draft, reviewed by Reuters, is the clearest picture yet of how the Trump administration plans to limit birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court blocked its first attempt.

A man became a U.S. citizen using a fake birth certificate — then accidentally exposed himself by filing a real one. Federal prosecutors in Missouri charged a Colorado aunt and her nephew with immigration fraud after USCIS spotted the contradiction. The nephew now faces possible denaturalization and up to 10 years in prison.

You had your baby in the United States. You applied for a US passport for your child — and now the government wants to know your immigration status too. A new State Department proposal could change how passport applications for US-born children work, and it may affect families across the country.

The US government just filed its largest single wave of denaturalization cases ever — 25 complaints in two weeks. The people named range from a man who hid a deportation order under a false name to a woman convicted of selling child sexual abuse material. For anyone who has ever been less than fully honest on a citizenship application, this signals a new level of scrutiny.

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You changed your name once, years ago, and you wonder if it matters now. For a man in Olathe, Kansas, a name change made three decades ago is now threatening to cost him his US citizenship. Federal prosecutors filed charges on August 12, 2026, to strip Harinder Singh of his naturalization — alleging he used a false identity to escape a deportation order and build a new immigration history from scratch.

What if you lied on your naturalization application years ago — and the government just found out? The Department of Justice and USCIS announced 25 new denaturalization cases filed in recent weeks, the largest single batch since the current administration took office. The charges range from hiding violent crimes to using fake identities, and they show that citizenship is not always permanent.

Trump signed two new executive orders on August 6 trying to restrict birthright citizenship — just weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his first attempt. The ACLU immediately went back to federal court, calling the new orders an illegal end-run around the Constitution. The citizenship of thousands of US-born children may hang on what a New Hampshire judge decides next.

You passed your citizenship test, took the oath, and received your certificate. But what if something you hid years ago — a crime, a false name, a lie to a USCIS officer — could undo all of it? The Department of Justice just showed that is not a hypothetical: it filed denaturalization complaints against 10 naturalized U.S. citizens, all accused of lying during the naturalization process to hide serious crimes.

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Can the US government take away your citizenship after you already have it? Yes — and in June 2026, it did exactly that to 17 people. USCIS and the Department of Justice filed denaturalization lawsuits in federal courts across the country, targeting naturalized citizens accused of hiding serious crimes during their naturalization process.