Traditionally, experts in the department’s office of #immigration litigation have handled #denaturalization cases. But the effort to enlist regular prosecutors to pursue these cases could lead to a surge in denaturalizations, which have been rare in recent decades. It also comes just months after #Trump admin officials ordered #DHS staffers to refer upward of 200 denaturalization cases a month to the #DOJ.
…The push indicates that the #Trump administration aims to make good on its plan to increase the pace of #denaturalizations as part of its crackdown on #immigration. The move will likely scare many naturalized immigrants as the Trump admin has sought to curtail immigration across the board & spoken disdainfully about immigrants from certain countries.