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Denaturalization is a process which exists and has been used for years, scaling up the intensity of its use is a much easier thing (and one which both the curre
by dragonwriter 1y ago
Denaturalization is a process which exists and has been used for years, scaling up the intensity of its use is a much easier thing (and one which both the current [0] and the previous [1] Trump Administration actually have done) than ending birthright citizenship.
Since it is, in fact, already happening, I think it is a mistake to view it as something to worry about only if and when the administration succeeds in overturning birthright citizenship.
[0] https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5445398/denaturalization-trump-immigration-enforcement https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5445398/denaturalizatio...
[1] https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/trump-administration-seeks-to-strip-more-people-of-citizenship/ https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/trump-administration-seek...
- pfannkuchen 1y agoIsn’t this strictly for convicted criminals, though? I imagine this goes along with the T&Cs of being naturalized? I didn’t read GP as being worried specifically about convicted criminals.
- dragonwriter 1y ago> Isn’t this strictly for convicted criminals, though? No. Denaturalization is a civil process that does not require a criminal conviction, and the people that have been denaturalized are not always convicted criminals. (Denaturalization usually involves an allegation that could also be pursued as a crime, such as fraud against the government, but that's very much not the same as it applying only to convicted criminals.)