The Daily Fuckup

The Justice Department said on July 20, 2026, that it had filed civil denaturalization actions against 10 naturalized U.S. citizens over the previous 30 days. In its announcement, the department said the complaints were brought in federal courts around the country and involve allegations tied to child sexual abuse, immigration fraud, health care fraud, wire fraud and cocaine trafficking. The cases are civil, not criminal, and the filings themselves do not strip anyone of citizenship unless a court later orders denaturalization.

Denaturalization is available only in narrow circumstances, including when the government says someone was ineligible for citizenship or concealed material facts during the naturalization process. The Justice Department has cast these cases as efforts to enforce those rules. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the people targeted had lied to obtain U.S. citizenship. That is the government’s allegation, not a final legal finding.

The announcement is the latest in a run of denaturalization actions the department has highlighted this year, but the official record supports a narrower claim than a sweeping new policy shift: on July 20, DOJ publicly announced this batch of 10 civil actions and described the alleged misconduct behind them. Whether any defendant ultimately loses citizenship will depend on the outcome in court.