The Justice Department is moving to revoke citizenship from a dozen naturalized Americans, marking a dramatic acceleration of the denaturalization push under the Trump administration — 22 cases filed since January 2025, compared to an average of 11 per year across the entire period from 1990 to 2017.

Said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche: "The Trump administration is taking action to correct these egregious violations of our immigration system."

The cases filed so far include a man with alleged ties to al Qaeda, a former Gambian police officer accused of war crimes, and a Colombian-born priest convicted of sexually assaulting a minor. The republic has every right — and every duty — to pursue those cases. What comes next deserves a harder look.