Trump Administration Sets Quota to Strip Citizenship from Over 1,000 Naturalized Americans in 2026political

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2026-01-01 · 1 min read · Edit on Pyrite

The Trump administration set a quota to denaturalize over 1,000 naturalized US citizens in fiscal year 2026, representing a tenfold increase from the historical average of 11 cases per year from 1990-2017. Stephen Miller directed USCIS field offices to 'supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month.' Miller publicly stated: 'We started a new denaturalization project under Trump. In 2025, expect it to be turbocharged.' The program calls for scrutinizing 'every inconsistency, no matter how small or unintentional' in citizenship applications. Targets mentioned include Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The unprecedented scale of planned denaturalization represents a dramatic expansion of efforts to revoke citizenship from naturalized Americans, raising concerns about due process and the weaponization of bureaucratic errors to strip citizenship.