Goodbye, green card: the Trump administration seeks to cancel the permanent residency of more than 40 citizens

Goodbye, green card: the Trump administration seeks to cancel the permanent residency of more than 40 citizens According to the Department of Justice, five of the affected people are in South Florida - 3 minutes reading LA NACION The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on October 5 that it filed 40 lawsuits to revoke the citizenship of naturalized immigrants. The Trump administration maintains that the defendants obtained their status illegally or concealed relevant information during their proceedings. In Florida: what is known about denaturalization cases - Yusmary Shirley Duran Mejía, a 47-year-old Colombian resident of Hialeah, naturalized in 2018. A court convicted her in 2020 for money laundering conspiracy. - According to the DOJ, Duran Mejía admitted during the criminal process that her participation in illicit activity began before obtaining citizenship. - José Villarreal Ortiz, a 49-year-old Mexican, obtained residency by presenting an American aunt as his mother. The lawsuit was filed on October 1st in the Southern District of Florida. - The other three cases are those of Ralph Nabavi (Iran), Arnouse Merlien (Haiti), and Syed Mashood Ul Haque (Pakistan). The charges include tax evasion, fraud with tax refunds, and use of different identities to evade deportation orders. What the USCIS says about citizenship revocation - According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency worked with the DOJ to target dozens of people accused of serious crimes. - Charges include immigration fraud, fraudulent marriages, false identities, and espionage for China. - According to USCIS, citizenship can be revoked if it was obtained illegally, concealing important facts, or through lies. Goodbye, green card: how denaturalization works - A subsequent conviction alone does not invalidate U.S. citizenship. - In civil proceedings, the government must present clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence before a federal court. - According to the USCIS manual, failing to meet an eligibility requirement can support revocation even without deliberate deception. - The expansion responds to a memorandum of June 11, 2025, which made these procedures a priority. - Regarding the 40 lawsuits filed by the DOJ, they are revocation requests, not withdrawn citizenships. This content was produced by a LA NACION team with the assistance of AI. Most read - 2 Pearls of Europe and Conference League: an incredible rescue, an unusual injury, the Olympic goal, and Argentines as protagonists - 3 Cristina Koch, Artemis II astronaut, 47 years old: "To explore the universe and other planets, we must first understand how to take care of our own" - 4 Trash: look at your neighborhood. The two blocks with the most complaints are in Constitución, just 160 meters away.