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Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate also stated Galindo “should not ever have become a U.S. citizen,” and that the administration would “not hesitate to take his citizenship back.”
The Trump administration has recently sought to escalate the denaturalization of citizens who obtained naturalized status fraudulently. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices were asked to send between 100 and 200 denaturalization cases per month throughout fiscal year 2026, according to internal guidance received in December 2025.
President Donald Trump also said in a January interview with the New York Times that he would denaturalize American citizens “in a heartbeat if they were dishonest.”
