{"id":26748,"date":"2026-08-04T02:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26748"},"modified":"2026-08-04T02:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:11:47","slug":"trump-doj-seeks-to-revoke-citizenship-of-24-in-record-breaking-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26748","title":{"rendered":"Trump DOJ seeks to revoke citizenship of 24 in record-breaking surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong> The Department of Justice is moving to revoke the citizenship of 24 individuals who the DOJ said <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_236515\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/migrant-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">committed crimes<\/a> ranging from attempted murder to <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_236516\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ice-nabs-illegal-aliens-convicted-child-sex-crimes-meth-trafficking-nationwide-enforcement-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">child sexual abuse<\/a> to identity fraud, marking its largest citizenship revocation surge on record, Fox News Digital learned Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">&#8220;U.S. citizenship is one of our nation&#8217;s highest privileges, and it must be obtained lawfully and honestly,&#8221; Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News Digital on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;The complaints announced today allege that these individuals secured naturalization through fraud, concealment, or other unlawful conduct\u2014 including by concealing violent crimes, sexual offenses against children, fraudulent identities, and other disqualifying facts,&#8221; said Blanche.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The complaints against the 24 individuals, filed between July 20 and Aug. 3, involve naturalized U.S. citizens who are natives of 17 countries: Pakistan, Moldova, India, Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana, Jamaica, Taiwan, Honduras, Cameroon, Jordan, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_236517\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/cuba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cuba<\/a>, El Salvador, Haiti and Sweden, Fox News Digital learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_236518\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/doj-moves-strip-citizenship-17-people-accused-hiding-disturbing-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>DOJ MOVES TO STRIP CITIZENSHIP FROM 17 PEOPLE ACCUSED OF HIDING DISTURBING CRIMES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/343\/192\/cis-detainment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/686\/384\/cis-detainment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/672\/378\/cis-detainment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1344\/756\/cis-detainment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/931\/523\/cis-detainment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1862\/1046\/cis-detainment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/720\/405\/cis-detainment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1440\/810\/cis-detainment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1200\/675\/cis-detainment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"CIS officers walk alongside detained immigrant\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Citizenship and Immigration Services officers detained a man believed to be committing immigration fraud.<\/span> <span>(USCIS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Today&#8217;s filings represent the largest coordinated denaturalization effort in Department history, but they are only the beginning. The Justice Department will continue to use every tool available to protect the integrity of the naturalization process and the safety of the American people,&#8221; Blanche added.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The cases bring the department&#8217;s total denaturalization filings to 88 since Jan. 20, 2025, as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to strip citizenship from individuals it says obtained it unlawfully.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The cases span a wide range of alleged conduct that the Justice Department says should have disqualified the individuals from obtaining or keeping U.S. citizenship.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The complaints involve allegations including attempted murder, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_236519\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/woman-exposed-running-visa-fraud-scheme-spanning-years-posing-immigration-officer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">marriage fraud<\/a>, identity fraud, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_236520\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/owe-child-support-trump-administration-may-revoke-passport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passport fraud<\/a>, bank and credit card fraud, and practicing medicine without a license, among other offenses.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Today marks the largest denaturalization surge in recorded history,&#8221; said Justice Department\u2019s Civil Division Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_236521\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ice-opens-new-front-war-fraud-new-first-kind-policy-notice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TRUMP PUTS ASYLUM LAWYERS \u2018ON NOTICE\u2019 WITH NEW FRONT IN WAR ON FRAUD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/343\/192\/migrants-portofentry.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/686\/384\/migrants-portofentry.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/672\/378\/migrants-portofentry.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1344\/756\/migrants-portofentry.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/931\/523\/migrants-portofentry.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1862\/1046\/migrants-portofentry.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/720\/405\/migrants-portofentry.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1440\/810\/migrants-portofentry.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1200\/675\/migrants-portofentry.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"migrants-portofentry\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Migrants wait in line to turn themselves in for processing to U.S. Customs and Border Protection border patrol agents near the Paso del Norte Port of Entry after crossing the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on May 9, 2023.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(PATRICK T. FALLON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Every one of these individuals committed crimes incompatible with U.S. citizenship. We are moving at record speed to denaturalize those who sought to deceive the federal government and abuse the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_236522\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/naturalization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">naturalization<\/a> process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">In one case, the department seeks to denaturalize a man in North Carolina convicted of attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon after obtaining citizenship through military service but allegedly failing to meet the required period of honorable service.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_236523\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ice-nabs-illegal-aliens-convicted-child-sex-crimes-meth-trafficking-nationwide-enforcement-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ICE NABS ILLEGAL ALIENS CONVICTED OF CHILD SEX CRIMES AND METH TRAFFICKING IN NATIONWIDE ENFORCEMENT SWEEP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/president-trump-july-31-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/president-trump-july-31-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/president-trump-july-31-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/president-trump-july-31-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/president-trump-july-31-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/president-trump-july-31-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/president-trump-july-31-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/president-trump-july-31-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/president-trump-july-31-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"President Donald Trump\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>U.S. President Donald Trump walks to a waiting Air Force One at the Hagerstown Regional Airport on July 31, 2026, in Hagerstown, Maryland.<\/span> <span>(Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Prosecutors also allege a naturalized citizen in South Carolina concealed a violent assault in which he beat and choked his wife, later pleading guilty to assault and battery after the attack left her hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">In June, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_236525\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/doj-moves-strip-citizenship-17-people-accused-hiding-disturbing-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOJ revoked 17 individuals<\/a> from 13 different countries over allegations of child sexual abuse, narcotics trafficking and large-scale financial fraud.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Ashley J. 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