Trump DOJ Strips Citizenship: USCIS Lawyers Reassigned to Hunt Naturalized Americans

Tonight we name names and cite sources. The Trump administration is pulling lawyers out of USCIS and reassigning them to U.S. Attorney offices to pursue denaturalization cases against American citizens. Axios broke the story, and four former officials confirmed the transfers were 'force-volunteered.' Stephen Miller is the architect, Pam Bondi signs off, and USCIS director Joseph Edlow is executing the orders. Civil rights attorney Karen Crotchfield walks through the legal bar — clear and convincing evidence of intentional fraud — and explains why the administration doesn't need to win every case. The chilling effect is the point. Clara Biggs breaks down how databases cross-reference decades of asylum forms, visa applications, and tax filings hunting for any inconsistency. Jimmy Fiddler's USCIS sources describe morale collapsing inside a week. The regulars at Last Call weigh in — a Trinidadian cousin shredding old tax returns, a nurse whose patient begged her not to let them take his country away, and the story of Rosa Maria Ortega, deported in 2024 after being told her whole life she was a citizen. Call your senator. Drive a neighbor to their citizenship interview. Don't wait for someone else to be brave first. Watch the full video: https://iframe.mediadelivery.net/embed/672638/3655db0f-5cc6-4da7-a702-102cf18f418d