A Trump Fourth of July: Strip Americans of Their Citizenship

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Washington, DC — In a busy news week, some may have missed the news that the Trump administration is planning a new and aggressive push to strip U.S. citizenship from some Americans.

According to Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice:

“Ahead of July 4th, the Trump administration is embracing the idea of stripping U.S. citizenship from Americans as a policy priority. Let me repeat: some of the Americans who will be celebrating the 4th as proud U.S. citizens may very well be targeted by this administration for detention and removal from this nation.

Make no mistake: none of us should be comfortable that the same Trump administration that is eviscerating American due process, arresting political opponents, deporting U.S. military spouses, deploying American troops to American communities and sending masked and militarized ICE agents to terrorize American communities will now decide and define who is ‘undesirable’ and unworthy of the citizenship oath they’ve already sworn or the flag they salute to. It’s the latest un-American plan from an administration intent to betray our proud national motto, ‘from many, one.’”

Also read the latest Boston Globe column from Kimberly Atkins Stohr, “Who is an American? Trump wants to decide”