A new directive from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has instructed attorneys in its civil division to prioritise denaturalisation proceedings against naturalised citizens found to have committed certain offences.
Denaturalisation refers to the process of revoking citizenship, particularly when that citizenship was obtained through naturalisation rather than birth.
The memo, published on June 11 on the DOJ’s official website, urged attorneys to focus on cases involving individuals who “illegally procured” or obtained naturalisation by “concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation.”
