A GOOD START: Trump Admin Moves To Strip Citizenship From 40 Foreign-Born Americans.
The targets of the latest action include people from China, Afghanistan, Egypt, Pakistan, Venezuela, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Mexico, according to the Justice Department. The cases involve offenses including acting as an agent of the Chinese government, committing voluntary manslaughter, and various forms of fraud.
“Today’s announcement marks the largest denaturalization effort in modern history,” Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement Monday. “From an individual convicted of espionage to others convicted of sexual offenses against minors, these defendants concealed critical facts from the U.S. government and represent serious criminal offenders.”
One of the targets of the Trump administration’s latest denaturalization effort is 60-year-old Cuban-born Javier Marrero-Pando, who in May 2020 forced a man with special needs to perform sexual acts against his will, according to the Justice Department. In October 2020, Marrero-Pando allegedly lied under oath that he had never committed a crime for which he had not been arrested. DOJ says the false statement led immigration authorities to approve his application for naturalization.
To be fair, at least Marrero-Pando doesn’t seem to have married his brother.