Trump's Plan to "Turbocharge" Denaturalization

My new essay for The Hill describes one of the more shameful, but little known, aspects of Trump’s deportation plan – in the hands of the disgraceful Stephen Miller.

Here is the gist:

The Trump administration’s next target: naturalized US citizens  

One initiative, smaller in scale but potentially devastating in its impact, will be aimed at immigrants who have become naturalized U.S. citizens. Stephen Miller has declared that he will revive a “turbocharged” Operation Second Look in 2025, consistent with his intention to strip as many immigrants as possible of citizenship as a prelude to deportation. 

Not every discrepancy or inconsistency is evidence of fraud, of course, so it is inevitable that some legitimate citizens, or those who made minor mistakes based on confusion, may be caught up in an overzealous investigation. 

Even worse, thousands of immigrants, naturalized as minors through a parent’s application, may have their citizenship annulled through no fault of their own.

Fortunately, denaturalization is a judicial process, with a right to trial in federal court. Unfortunately, there is no right to appointed counsel in denaturalization cases.

For the many without funds for an attorney, there is a significant chance of losing citizenship by mistake or default, which may be exactly what Stephen Miller has in mind. 

You can read the entire piece at The Hill.