Justice Dept. Strips 384 Citizenships, Ramps Up Immigration Enforcement

0:00On April 23, the Justice Department is going after 384 naturalized citizens, aiming to strip their U.S. citizenship in a major, ramp up of their immigration enforcement. They're spreading the workload to civil lawyers in 39 U.S. attorney's offices across the country, calling this the first wave of cases mostly, tied to fraud during the naturalization process. Officials say it's the highest number of referrals ever from Homeland Security, zeroing in on folks who hid key info or had certain criminal records. That should have blocked them from citizenship. Experts worry this could rattle naturalized citizens who went through tough vetting, like background checks and tests, and might pull resources from. Other civil cases like fraud or rights enforcement. With over 818,000 new citizens last year alone, this pushed signals tougher times ahead for immigration rules, keeping the pressure on as cases start rolling into courts. This has been U.S. News Today, powered by AI.