Denaturalization Explained: Who Loses Citizenship and Why It Matters
The Mechanics of Denaturalization: How Citizenship Is Revoked Denaturalization—the legal process of stripping citizenship from naturalized immigrants—has become a contentious tool in immigration policy worldwide. Unlike denationalization, which refers to revoking citizenship at birth, denaturalization targets those who have already completed the naturalization process. Governments justify these actions through accusations of fraud, security threats, or…