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Justice Department to File Denaturalization Actions Against 12 Naturalized Citizens
The Department of Justice will announce denaturalization proceedings against 12 people from 11 countries on May 9, 2026, citing offenses including material support for terrorism, war crimes and sexual abuse of a minor. One case involves an Iraqi man who allegedly lied about a 2006 double murder. Officials described the effort as a sharpened focus on those who defrauded the naturalization process.
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The Department of Justice is filing denaturalization actions against 12 individuals and will announce the moves on Friday, May 9, 2026, @DailyCaller reported. The individuals originally came from Iraq, Colombia, Morocco, Somalia, Gambia, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Kenya, India, China and Nigeria.
Their alleged offenses and allegations include providing material support to terrorism, war crimes and sexual abuse of a minor.
U.S. in 2009. He claimed his family was attacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists in Iraq upon arrival. U.S. to extradite him after charging him with the premeditated murder of two Iraqi police officers in 2006.
Ahmed illegally procured his naturalization in 2015. U.S. citizen.
U.S. Citizen," a document on the denaturalization process shared with the Daily Caller stated. U.S. citizenship in 2005 and applied again in 2006. In 2003, he was allegedly planning with two men later convicted of trying to bomb the New York Stock Exchange ways to support AlQaida.
After being naturalized, Ouazzani pleaded guilty to sending al-Qaida tens of thousands of dollars with money he had fraudulently obtained. He also took a pledge of allegiance in 2008 to al-Qaida. Baboucarr Mboob, a native of Gambia, was a military police officer in the Gambian army.
He participated in the execution of six officers following orders from his commanding officer, who believed they were victims in plotting a counter-coup against then President Yahya Jammeh. Mboob concealed his involvement in the war crimes during the naturalization process but later admitted to executing his fellow officers.
