President Donald Trump’s Justice Department recently directed U.S. attorneys to “prioritize and maximally pursue denaturalization proceedings” to “revoke the citizenship” of individuals connected to crime and individuals who “illegally procured” naturalization. In a memorandum sent to all Civil Division employees on June 11, Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate explained that the Civil Division had been …
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President Donald Trump’s Justice Department recently directed U.S. attorneys to “prioritize and maximally pursue denaturalization proceedings” to “revoke the citizenship” of individuals connected to crime and individuals who “illegally procured” naturalization.
In a memorandum sent to all Civil Division employees on June 11, Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate explained that the Civil Division had been directed by the president and by Attorney General Pam Bondi to advance the Trump administration’s policy objectives through the use of its “enforcement authorities.”
