The Justice Department under the Trump administration escalated its efforts this week to strip citizenship from individuals in the United States who obtained it through fraud, securing two denaturalizations this week and filing a third case tied to alleged marriage fraud.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the actions reflect a broader push by the Trump administration to target migrants who concealed criminal conduct during the naturalization process. “American citizenship is a sacred privilege — not a cheap status that can be obtained dishonestly,” Bondi said.
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The latest court-secured denaturalization came on March 23, when a judge revoked the citizenship of Vladimir Volgaev, a Ukrainian national convicted of smuggling firearm components and committing housing benefits fraud. Prosecutors said Volgaev engaged in a yearslong scheme beginning in 2011 to export gun parts to foreign buyers while also defrauding federal housing programs. He became a U.S. citizen in 2016 but failed to disclose his
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