Trump's plan to withdraw citizenship from immigrants, according to advisor

There is a tweet from Stephen Miller, an advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, where he refers to the “acceleration” of the work of an office focused on withdrawing citizenship from immigrants in the United States.

“Yes, we have started a new denaturalization project with Trump. In 2025, we expect it to accelerate,” Miller wrote in X at the end of last October, but after Trump’s victory it has gone viral.

Miller, who was Trump’s top immigration adviser during his first term in office, cited a 2020 article from the New York Timeswhere the creation of the office is indicated.

The office is part of the Justice Department’s immigration structure, “to strip naturalized immigrants of citizenship rights,” according to the Times report.

The central argument, according to the report, is to remove any immigration benefits from immigrants who have committed crimes.

“The Denaturalization Section will advance the department’s efforts to pursue those who illegally obtained citizenship status and ensure that they are held accountable for their fraudulent conduct,” Joseph H. Hunt, head of the Justice Department’s civil division, said at the time.

However, given President-elect Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, civil organizations that work with migrants have expressed concerns about the “acceleration” and scope of said office.

Miller participated in the Madison Square Garden rally in New York, where he sent a clear message: “America for Americans.”

Terri Talbot, executive director of the Immigration Center, warned that Miller’s tweet is not an on-air comment and endangers naturalized citizens in general.

“It is imperative to recognize that these same citizens would be under attack in a Trump-Vance administration. His Project 2025 agenda would target naturalized citizens and see those who have earned their place in this country deported,” Talbot said. “The denaturalization campaign that began under Trump, and that close advisor Stephen Miller now promises to ‘advance’, is an attack on the fundamental principles of justice, stability and equal rights that citizenship represents.”

Talbot added that naturalized citizens have “long been a key contributor to America’s growth and success,” helping to enrich the American economy and culture, but that Republican policies are rooted in fear.

“Such policies are rooted in fear and exclusion, not in the principles of justice and equality that should guide our nation,” he said.