Trump is looking to strip U.S. citizenship from 17 criminals. Tens of millions of people voted for this. What about you, Michael Knowles?
You tell ‘em.
From CBS News:
Officials said the move represents the largest-ever effort by the U.S. government to use its denaturalization powers, which were rarely invoked before President Trump returned to the White House last year with promises to launch a historic deportation blitz. Between 1990 and 2017, the Justice Department filed an average of just 11 legal complaints per year seeking to denaturalize American citizens, historical figures indicate.
The Trump administration isn't messing around. If you're a foreign-born citizen and you commit a crime, you could find yourself with a one-way ticket out of the country — and without the protection of your U.S. citizenship.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the Trump administration would 'continue to use every lawful avenue to denaturalize and remove aliens.'
'American citizenship is a privilege, and it must be earned honestly. If you come here, break our laws, and lie in your immigration proceedings, you forfeit that privilege,' Mullin said.
So, wait a minute … immigrants who are found to have committed fraud to obtain their citizenship can be denaturalized and shipped out?
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
We'll see about that, Ilhan.
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