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"There is a Need to Restore Integrity to America’s Immigration System!". Image by Grok

By Brian Lonergan, Chronicles, May 19, 2026

Brian Lonergan is director of strategic communications and content for the Federation for American Immigration Reform in Washington, D.C., and the co-host of the “No Border, No Country” podcast.

 

Regular and consistent enforcement of denaturalization, a long-standing part of our immigration system, is long overdue.

While a public debate rages over how aggressively the federal government should enforce deportations, the Department of Justice recently took a quiet but consequential step toward restoring integrity to America’s immigration system.

On May 8, federal prosecutors filed denaturalization actions in courts across the country against 12 naturalized U.S. citizens. The grounds for the actions could not be more serious: concealing material support for terrorist groups, committing war crimes, espionage, sexually abusing a minor, and other fraud committed during the naturalization process. One Iraqi national allegedly lied under oath about his role in leading an al-Qaeda cell and murdering police officers. Others concealed ties to al-Shabab or child sexual abuse. In short, the filings against the naturalized citizens claim they lied in order to obtain legal status in the United States. ….

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