Immigration

Indpendent, UK - The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to strip some foreign-born Americans of their citizenship, with a target of 200 cases a month, according to a report.

In December 2025, guidance was provided to offices of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency within the Department of Homeland Security, requesting that they “supply the Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month” in 2026.

The plans are now in motion, according to NBC News. Experts with the immigration agency have reportedly been carrying out visits to offices around the country and reassigning staff to review whether some citizens processed there could be denaturalized, people familiar with the plans told the outlet.

It is rare to strip someone of their citizenship. Between 1990 and 2017, there were only 11 denaturalization cases on average each year, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.

Individuals may only be legally stripped of their U.S. citizenship for a few specific reasons, such as if they committed fraud during the citizenship application process.