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Donald Trump's deportation program is expanding. Not only is it going after migrants in the country illegally, but it is also targeting a whole new group: people who entered the country legally and were naturalized to become citizens. The DoJ wants to denaturalize (some of) them—that is, strip them of their American citizenship, even though they got it legally. The reasons for denaturalization are broad and vague, and can involve something that happened either before or after the naturalization. For example, it could be exercising their rights under the First Amendment. In other words, people who are legally citizens could be stripped of their citizenship and deported for doing things that are themselves perfectly legal. Another possible reason for denaturalization is opposing Trump.
You want a concrete example? OK. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has proposed stripping Zohran Mamdani, a naturalized citizen who was born in Uganda, of his citizenship. His offense? Winning the Democratic primary for mayor of NYC. Ogles didn't like that. Sorry, Mamdani, you need to be deported. Expect more cases like that ahead. (V)