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The bill strengthens national-security enforcement by tying denaturalization and expedited removal to terrorism convictions and streamlining enforcement, at the cost of reduced procedural protections, broader denaturalization triggers, and additional burdens and costs for courts, DHS, and affected immigrants.
Naturalized citizens and noncitizen immigrants convicted of specified terrorism-related offenses will be stripped of citizenship at conviction and prioritized for removal, reducing the presence of individuals judged to pose terrorism risks.
Criminal trial courts are given authority to resolve denaturalization at the time of conviction and DHS receives a clear statutory basis to prioritize removals, potentially speeding enforcement, avoiding separate civil denaturalization proceedings, and increasing predictability for enforcement actions.
Denaturalized individuals will be more quickly targeted for removal, improving enforcement predictability and timeliness for cases involving terrorism-related convictions.
Naturalized persons and long-term residents convicted of listed offenses will face automatic loss of citizenship and faster deportation, reducing due-process protections and increasing the risk of removal even if convictions are later vacated.
The bill expands denaturalization triggers to a broad set of terrorism statutes, attempts, and conspiracies, increasing the chance that convictions for varied conduct could lead to loss of citizenship even where intent or conduct differ.
Mandatory removal tied to conviction removes discretion to consider rehabilitation, family ties, or community safety, which can prevent reintegration and proportional responses in individual cases.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Conviction for listed terrorism offenses triggers court-ordered denaturalization and makes the person removable, with DHS directed to prioritize removal.
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 certain federal terrorism offenses an automatic legal trigger to revoke U.S. citizenship and to make the person removable (deportable). It requires the criminal court that convicted the person to set aside the naturalization order and cancel the certificate of naturalization, and it directs the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize removal of anyone denaturalized under the new rule. Applies by cross-reference to a list of specified terrorism-related federal offenses (and attempts/conspiracies) and adds conviction for those offenses to the grounds for deportation; the bill creates no new funding or procedural deadlines.