DOJ Asks Courts to Strip 17 Criminals of US Citizenship

‘When criminal aliens exploit the naturalization process by breaking the law, there are consequences,’ the acting attorney general said.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 8 announced it has asked courts across the country to strip more than a dozen people who have pleaded guilty or been convicted of crimes of their U.S. citizenship.

Filings in federal court requested judges revoke the naturalization of 17 individuals, including Jean Claude Alfred, a 68-year-old Haitian native who became a U.S. citizen in 1994.