Justice Dept. Revokes Citizenship for Fraud

0:00On March 26, the Justice Department ramped up its denaturalization efforts this week, revoking citizenship from two people who hid crimes during. Their applications, and filing a case against the third, for marriage fraud. One revocation hit a Ukrainian man convicted of smuggling gun parts overseas and cheating federal housing programs, all before he gained citizenship. In 2016, the very next day, a judge stripped citizenship from a Cuban woman involved in a $6 million Medicare fraud ring that predated her 20. 17. Naturalization Officials stressed that citizenship demands good moral character, which these individuals failed to show by lying on their forms. The attorney general called it a sacred privilege that can't be bought with dishonesty. This push builds on a decade-long rise in such cases, with the current administration already securing about as many denaturalizations as the prior. Four years combined. Expect more actions ahead as the department targets fraud

1:00to safeguard the process for honest applicants.