Indian-origin taxi driver loses US citizenship 15 years after conviction in rape case: ‘Not a shield for criminals’
US attorney general Todd Blanche said in a statement that Gurmeet Singh, who was convicted of rape and was born in India, no longer holds US citizenship.
According to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Indian-origin man Gurmeet Singh has been stripped of his U.S. citizenship. A federal court has revoked Singh's naturalization, following his conviction of rape and kidnapping. Singh, who entered the United States as a visitor in February 1992, became a permanent resident in June 2000.
The U.S. Attorney General, Todd Blanche, stated that Singh concealed a rape and kidnapping during his naturalization process, and American citizenship is not a shield for criminals. Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate explained that Singh unlawfully obtained citizenship by concealing his horrendous criminal acts. Singh was sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape and kidnapping in New York in October 2011.
The revocation of Singh's citizenship sends a strong message to those who obtain citizenship through deceit, demonstrating the administration's resolve to pursue denaturalization proceedings in all cases permitted by law.
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