When can the U.S. government actually revoke citizenship?

December 10, 2025 / 1:00 pm

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The U.S. Department of Justice says it’s prioritizing denaturalization, or stripping foreign-born Americans of their citizenship. How would that process work and what’s at stake?

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Ahilan Arulanantham, professor at University of California Los Angeles Law School. Faculty co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA.

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Irina Manta, law professor at Hofstra University.

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