
President Trump's pledge to revoke citizenship from some naturalized Americans has alarmed immigrant advocates, legal scholars and naturalized citizens, but implementing mass denaturalizations has proven difficult. Legal standards, evidentiary burdens and procedural limits have slowed efforts and invite extensive court challenges. Although the Justice Department is reportedly pursuing hundreds of cases, practical and legal obstacles make wide-scale revocations unlikely to proceed quickly or without substantial litigation.
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