The Department of Homeland Security is moving to strip U.S. citizenship from 40 people accused of crimes, rapidly expanding the department’s use of little-known denaturalization mechanisms.

Among the crimes that people were convicted of - and for which they faced denaturalization - included aggravated sodomy, transportation of child pornography and sexual abuse of a minor.

Not all were convicted of or pleaded guilty to violent crimes. At least 19 of the 40 people faced denaturalization proceedings for reasons related to accusations of lying on visa forms.

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    Oops cia planted cp on your phone. Guess they can deport you to a country where you’ll be sold into slavery. Don’t even need a trial. Trust them.

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    Guaranteed they started with those people so it seems justified when they ramp it up and denaturalize way more.

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      At least 19 of the 40 people faced denaturalization proceedings for reasons related to accusations of lying on visa forms.

      They just included about 50% dangerous criminals that they can point to as examples, to head off any criticism. That percentage is going to shrink to near zero very quickly. Large scale denaturalization of undesirable races and political dissidents coming soon.

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      Seems odd they wouldn’t apply this to the president considering he’s committed all those same crimes. Maybe he doesn’t like all the competition.

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        Their justification is that they lied on citizenship forms about not having committed the crimes

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      Same strategy every time. The country is already fucking unrecognizable, might as well keep turning up the heat on the lobsters. Not gonna be able to get out of the pot soon enough