DOJ Designates Civil Denaturalization as Top Enforcement Priority — Shumate Memo Expands Grounds for Citizenship Revocation (2025-06-11)

Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate issues a department-wide memo designating civil denaturalization as a top enforcement priority for the Justice Department. The memo expands the categories of conduct subject to citizenship revocation to include national security violations, fraud against government programs (including PPP loan fraud, Medicaid, and Medicare fraud), sex offenses, war crimes, and terrorism. The directive gives U.S. attorneys broad discretion in bringing denaturalization cases and instructs regional offices to prioritize the cases.