Overview
- The Justice Department issued a summer memo committing to ramp up denaturalization of immigrants tied to crimes or national security risks.
- Immigration roundups by masked, unidentifiable federal agents in cities like Chicago and New York have at times questioned or detained U.S. citizens.
- A U.S. citizen who says he was detained by immigration agents twice has filed a federal lawsuit challenging his treatment.
- President Trump publicly threatened the citizenship of New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who naturalized as a young adult.
- Naturalized residents describe behavioral changes and a chilling effect, from carrying passports for domestic travel to reluctance to speak on the record.