DOJ Asks Court to Revoke US Citizenship of Ex-Bosnian Prison Guard

The Trump administration seeks to ensure ‘those who persecute others based on protected bases’ do not get refuge in the U.S., according to a DOJ official.

The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil complaint on Dec. 19 seeking to revoke the citizenship of a man who hid his military service during the Bosnian war to obtain U.S. naturalization.

Prosecutors said that Kemal Mrndzic, a 52-year-old Yugoslavian native and former citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, failed to disclose during his immigration proceedings that he had served as a guard at the notorious Celebici prison camp during the Bosnian War in 1992.