Friday, December 19, 2025
Summary
The administration aims to revoke 1,000+ citizenships next year, a plan experts call legally dubious and potentially fear-mongering.
Full Story
🧩 Simple Version
Alright, listen up, citizens! The current administration, headed by President Donald J. Trump, has apparently decided that more is better when it comes to yanking away naturalized American citizenships.
For the fiscal year 2026, new guidance tells U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to funnel a staggering 100-200 denaturalization cases per month to the Justice Department.
Historically, denaturalization is as rare as finding a politician who admits they were wrong. We're talking about roughly 11 cases annually between 1990-2017. Even during the first Trump term, it was only about 25 a year.
Now? They want over a thousand in just one year. Experts are already shaking their heads, saying this is like trying to fit a square peg into a very tiny, legally defined round hole.
⚖️ The Judgment
This situation, dear readers, is not just BAD. It is ABSOLUTELY DEMOCRACY-ON-FIRE BAD.
Why It’s Bad (or Not)
Let's unpack this political popcorn explosion, shall we?
- The Quota Conundrum: Setting a target number for citizenship revocations is like putting a quota on humility in Congress. It's just not how it's supposed to work. Citizenship is a fundamental right, not a widget count.
- Legal Houdini Act: Denaturalization is extremely difficult to achieve legally. Federal courts are the only ones who can do it, and only for cases of proven fraud in obtaining citizenship. It's not for