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President Donald Trump is threatening to strip people of their U.S. citizenship, including political foes, as his administration works to deport people from the country in mass numbers. On July 12, he said he was considering revoking comedian Rosie O\u2019Donnell of her constitutional citizenship right \u2014 something no president can do.<\/p>\n
Trump has also threatened to rescind former White House adviser Elon Musk and New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani\u2019s citizenship. Musk and Mamdani were born outside of the country and received U.S. citizenship through a legal process. The process of stripping them of citizenship is known as denaturalization. <\/p>\n
Unlike O\u2019Donnell, who was born in the U.S., the government can strip naturalized citizens of their citizenship under limited circumstances and after a legal process. <\/p>\n
The Trump administration wants to pursue more of these cases, though political differences with Musk or Mamdani would not be grounds for denaturalization. Trump\u2019s Justice Department issued a June memo directing attorneys to prioritize denaturalization cases. The memo\u2019s list of priority categories included people who pose national security concerns and gang members and a catchall category for \u201cany other cases referred to the Civil Division that the Division determines to be sufficiently important to pursue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Breaking News<\/p>\n
The memo does not apply to citizens born in the U.S. In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that under the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, they may only lose their citizenship by voluntarily relinquishing it. <\/p>\n
\u201cOnce you have American citizenship, you have a constitutional entitlement to it,\u201d said Eugene Volokh, a UCLA law professor. \u201cIf you like your American citizenship, you can keep your American citizenship \u2014 and that\u2019s with the Supreme Court\u2019s guarantee.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a July 12 Truth Social post, Trump said O\u2019Donnell\u2019s U.S. citizenship \u201cis not in the best interests of our Great Country\u201d and he called her a \u201cThreat to Humanity.\u201d O\u2019Donnell moved to Ireland following Trump\u2019s reelection and said she\u2019s seeking Irish citizenship. (Her grandparents were born there.) <\/p>\n
Trump and O\u2019Donnell have had a contentious relationship since 2006. O\u2019Donnell has publicly criticized Trump and his policies, and Trump has insulted O\u2019Donnell and her appearance. <\/p>\n
Their disagreements have no bearing on her U.S. citizenship. The president cannot strip a U.S.-born person\u2019s citizenship because of personal or political disagreements, legal experts said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Supreme Court has been very clear that native-born U.S. citizens cannot have their citizenship stripped by the government under any circumstances,\u201d said Cassandra Burke Robertson, a Case Western Reserve University law professor who studies denaturalization. <\/p>\n
Robertson cited a 1958 U.S. Supreme Court case involving a U.S.-born soldier who escaped from a U.S. Army stockade in Morocco before surrendering to the U.S. Army the next day. The soldier was dishonorably discharged and stripped of his U.S. citizenship. <\/p>\n
The Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to strip the U.S. soldier of his citizenship, calling it \u201ca form of punishment more primitive than torture.\u201d<\/p>\n
U.S.-born citizens can voluntarily renounce their U.S. citizenship.<\/p>\n
According to immigration law, there are certain acts a U.S. citizen can take that when \u201cperformed voluntarily and with the intention of relinquishing U.S. nationality\u201d may lead to a loss of U.S. citizenship.<\/p>\n
These acts include serving in the armed forces of another country \u201cengaged in hostilities against the United States,\u201d accepting employment with a foreign government if it requires a declaration of allegiance to that country or formally renouncing U.S. citizenship at a consulate. <\/p>\n
Being convicted of treason against the U.S. or attempting to overthrow the U.S. government by force, if those acts were done with the intention of relinquishing U.S. citizenship, can also lead to a loss of citizenship for U.S.-born people. <\/p>\n
Though limited, there are two ways naturalized U.S. citizens can lose their citizenship. Neither method lets the president revoke citizenship based on political differences.<\/p>\n
Trump said he would \u201chave to take a look\u201d when asked whether he would consider denaturalizing Musk, who feuded with Trump over his signature spending bill. Musk was born in South Africa and became a U.S. citizen in 2002.<\/p>\n
Trump also questioned Mamdani\u2019s citizenship saying, \u201cA lot of people are saying he\u2019s here illegally,\u201d and asserting his administration would \u201clook at everything.\u201d Mamdani, who was born in Uganda, became a U.S. citizen in 2018. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., called for the Justice Department to initiate denaturalization proceedings against Mamdani.<\/p>\n
The executive branch cannot denaturalize people, Michelle Mittelstadt, communications director for the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute, said. <\/p>\n
\u201cDenaturalization is exceedingly rare and has occurred for people who concealed information of war crimes, Nazi membership, criminal histories, or immigration fraud such as using a stolen identity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The U.S. government can charge people with naturalization fraud, meaning they secured their citizenship through fraud or willful misrepresentation or they didn\u2019t meet eligibility requirements. If convicted, a person\u2019s citizenship is automatically revoked.<\/p>\n
These are criminal cases in which defendants are entitled to an attorney, Robertson said. There\u2019s a 10-year statute of limitations and the government has the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, she said.<\/p>\n
The second way the government can seek to denaturalize a person is through a civil action. In these cases, the government says the person \u201cillegally procured\u201d citizenship, meaning they didn\u2019t meet eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n
This process, which is more commonly used by the government, \u201clacks many constitutional protections,\u201d Robertson said. People don\u2019t have the right to a court-appointed lawyer, there\u2019s no statute of limitation, no jury trial, and a lower burden of proof.<\/p>\n
The Justice Department\u2019s June memo calls for these types of procedures.<\/p>\n
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact staff writer. PolitiFact chief correspondent Louis Jacobson contributed to this report. <\/p>\n
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President Donald Trump is threatening to strip people of their U.S. citizenship, including political foes, as his administration works to deport people from the country in mass numbers. On July 12, he said he was considering revoking comedian Rosie O\u2019Donnell of her constitutional citizenship right \u2014 something no president can do.<\/p>\n
Trump has also threatened to rescind former White House adviser Elon Musk and New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani\u2019s citizenship. Musk and Mamdani were born outside of the country and received U.S. citizenship through a legal process. The process of stripping them of citizenship is known as denaturalization. <\/p>\n
Unlike O\u2019Donnell, who was born in the U.S., the government can strip naturalized citizens of their citizenship under limited circumstances and after a legal process. <\/p>\n
The Trump administration wants to pursue more of these cases, though political differences with Musk or Mamdani would not be grounds for denaturalization. Trump\u2019s Justice Department issued a June memo directing attorneys to prioritize denaturalization cases. The memo\u2019s list of priority categories included people who pose national security concerns and gang members and a catchall category for \u201cany other cases referred to the Civil Division that the Division determines to be sufficiently important to pursue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Breaking News<\/p>\n
The memo does not apply to citizens born in the U.S. In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that under the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, they may only lose their citizenship by voluntarily relinquishing it. <\/p>\n
\u201cOnce you have American citizenship, you have a constitutional entitlement to it,\u201d said Eugene Volokh, a UCLA law professor. \u201cIf you like your American citizenship, you can keep your American citizenship \u2014 and that\u2019s with the Supreme Court\u2019s guarantee.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a July 12 Truth Social post, Trump said O\u2019Donnell\u2019s U.S. citizenship \u201cis not in the best interests of our Great Country\u201d and he called her a \u201cThreat to Humanity.\u201d O\u2019Donnell moved to Ireland following Trump\u2019s reelection and said she\u2019s seeking Irish citizenship. (Her grandparents were born there.) <\/p>\n
Trump and O\u2019Donnell have had a contentious relationship since 2006. O\u2019Donnell has publicly criticized Trump and his policies, and Trump has insulted O\u2019Donnell and her appearance. <\/p>\n
Their disagreements have no bearing on her U.S. citizenship. The president cannot strip a U.S.-born person\u2019s citizenship because of personal or political disagreements, legal experts said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Supreme Court has been very clear that native-born U.S. citizens cannot have their citizenship stripped by the government under any circumstances,\u201d said Cassandra Burke Robertson, a Case Western Reserve University law professor who studies denaturalization. <\/p>\n
Robertson cited a 1958 U.S. Supreme Court case involving a U.S.-born soldier who escaped from a U.S. Army stockade in Morocco before surrendering to the U.S. Army the next day. The soldier was dishonorably discharged and stripped of his U.S. citizenship. <\/p>\n
The Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to strip the U.S. soldier of his citizenship, calling it \u201ca form of punishment more primitive than torture.\u201d<\/p>\n
U.S.-born citizens can voluntarily renounce their U.S. citizenship.<\/p>\n
According to immigration law, there are certain acts a U.S. citizen can take that when \u201cperformed voluntarily and with the intention of relinquishing U.S. nationality\u201d may lead to a loss of U.S. citizenship.<\/p>\n
These acts include serving in the armed forces of another country \u201cengaged in hostilities against the United States,\u201d accepting employment with a foreign government if it requires a declaration of allegiance to that country or formally renouncing U.S. citizenship at a consulate. <\/p>\n
Being convicted of treason against the U.S. or attempting to overthrow the U.S. government by force, if those acts were done with the intention of relinquishing U.S. citizenship, can also lead to a loss of citizenship for U.S.-born people. <\/p>\n
Though limited, there are two ways naturalized U.S. citizens can lose their citizenship. Neither method lets the president revoke citizenship based on political differences.<\/p>\n
Trump said he would \u201chave to take a look\u201d when asked whether he would consider denaturalizing Musk, who feuded with Trump over his signature spending bill. Musk was born in South Africa and became a U.S. citizen in 2002.<\/p>\n
Trump also questioned Mamdani\u2019s citizenship saying, \u201cA lot of people are saying he\u2019s here illegally,\u201d and asserting his administration would \u201clook at everything.\u201d Mamdani, who was born in Uganda, became a U.S. citizen in 2018. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., called for the Justice Department to initiate denaturalization proceedings against Mamdani.<\/p>\n
The executive branch cannot denaturalize people, Michelle Mittelstadt, communications director for the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute, said. <\/p>\n
\u201cDenaturalization is exceedingly rare and has occurred for people who concealed information of war crimes, Nazi membership, criminal histories, or immigration fraud such as using a stolen identity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The U.S. government can charge people with naturalization fraud, meaning they secured their citizenship through fraud or willful misrepresentation or they didn\u2019t meet eligibility requirements. If convicted, a person\u2019s citizenship is automatically revoked.<\/p>\n
These are criminal cases in which defendants are entitled to an attorney, Robertson said. There\u2019s a 10-year statute of limitations and the government has the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, she said.<\/p>\n
The second way the government can seek to denaturalize a person is through a civil action. In these cases, the government says the person \u201cillegally procured\u201d citizenship, meaning they didn\u2019t meet eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n
This process, which is more commonly used by the government, \u201clacks many constitutional protections,\u201d Robertson said. People don\u2019t have the right to a court-appointed lawyer, there\u2019s no statute of limitation, no jury trial, and a lower burden of proof.<\/p>\n
The Justice Department\u2019s June memo calls for these types of procedures.<\/p>\n
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact staff writer. PolitiFact chief correspondent Louis Jacobson contributed to this report. <\/p>\n
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