US Announces Mass Denaturalization Action
Trump administration seeks to strip 40 naturalized Americans of their U.S. citizenship.
The Trump administration has initiated a significant denaturalization effort, targeting 40 naturalized U.S. citizens whose citizenship may have been obtained illegally or through fraudulent means, according to the Justice Department. The action, described as the largest denaturalization effort in modern history, involves individuals from 20 different countries, with ages ranging from 26 to 76.
Among those affected is Jinchao Wei, a former U.S. Navy sailor of Chinese origin, who was convicted in 2025 for conspiracy to commit espionage and unlawful export of defense-related technical data. Wei's citizenship was obtained in May 2022, and he was sentenced to 200 months in prison. The government also seeks to revoke the citizenship of Nadia Hassan Mohamed Ali, a 58-year-old Egyptian national accused of using fraudulent H-1B petitions to allow a family member to stay in the U.S. Both individuals concealed material facts or made willful misrepresentations during their naturalization processes.
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