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Conviction for specified federal terrorism offenses triggers court-ordered revocation of naturalization and makes aliens removable; DHS must prioritize removing denaturalized individuals.
The bill strengthens national-security enforcement by automating denaturalization and prioritizing removal for people convicted of terrorism-related offenses, but it does so by tying loss of citizenship and deportation directly to convictions—raising significant due-process, fairness, and resource-diversion concerns.
Naturalized citizens and noncitizen immigrants convicted of defined terrorism offenses will be stripped of citizenship where applicable and prioritized for removal, reducing the presence of individuals judged to pose terrorism risks.
Department of Homeland Security and law enforcement receive clearer statutory authority and prioritization to pursue removal of people convicted of specified terrorism offenses, potentially streamlining and making enforcement actions more predictable.
Criminal trial courts are empowered to resolve denaturalization at the time of conviction, which can speed resolution and avoid separate civil denaturalization proceedings.
Naturalized persons convicted of the listed terrorism offenses will lose U.S. citizenship automatically upon criminal conviction, reducing procedural safeguards and due-process protections that exist in separate civil denaturalization proceedings.
Tying deportation and denaturalization to conviction risks deporting lawful permanent residents and long-term residents — including cases where convictions are later vacated — because removal is made mandatory and prioritized based solely on conviction.
The bill expands and broadens grounds for denaturalization to include various terrorism statutes and attempts/conspiracies, increasing the chance that convictions for related or ambiguous conduct could trigger loss of citizenship even where intent or conduct vary.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to revoke the citizenship of any naturalized United States citizen convicted of a terrorism-related crime.
Introduced June 2, 2026 by Bill Huizenga · Last progress June 2, 2026
Makes conviction for specified federal terrorism offenses an automatic trigger for revoking U.S. citizenship and for deporting noncitizens, and directs Homeland Security to prioritize removing those denaturalized. The bill adds a new conviction‑based denaturalization ground tied to a list of terrorism statutes, creates a corresponding deportability ground, gives the criminal trial court authority to set aside naturalization, and requires DHS to prioritize removal of people stripped of citizenship under the new rule.