Birthright citizenship revocation being applied retroactively is definitely lower hanging fruit than that. If that happens I would be concerned about naturalized citizens, but only then.
Denaturalization is a process which exists and has been used for years, scaling up the intensity of its use is a much easier thing (and one which both the current [0] and the previous [1] Trump Administration actually have done) than ending birthright citizenship.
Since it is, in fact, already happening, I think it is a mistake to view it as something to worry about only if and when the administration succeeds in overturning birthright citizenship.
Source? I haven’t seen anything about it and I just googled again and still don’t see anything (though that could be Google’s fault).
I think legally it is possible since Supreme Court decisions are applied retroactively in general (just not the existing EO one because the EO was forward looking), but that would be super unpopular since it’s basically a huge rug pull and I’m skeptical they would do it.
Birthright citizenship revocation being applied retroactively is definitely lower hanging fruit than that. If that happens I would be concerned about naturalized citizens, but only then.
Denaturalization is a process which exists and has been used for years, scaling up the intensity of its use is a much easier thing (and one which both the current [0] and the previous [1] Trump Administration actually have done) than ending birthright citizenship.
Since it is, in fact, already happening, I think it is a mistake to view it as something to worry about only if and when the administration succeeds in overturning birthright citizenship.
[0] https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5445398/denaturalizatio...
[1] https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/trump-administration-seek...
Isn’t this strictly for convicted criminals, though? I imagine this goes along with the T&Cs of being naturalized?
I didn’t read GP as being worried specifically about convicted criminals.
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"If that happens" is still an "if", but, I mean, Republicans are actively working on that as we speak.
Source? I haven’t seen anything about it and I just googled again and still don’t see anything (though that could be Google’s fault).
I think legally it is possible since Supreme Court decisions are applied retroactively in general (just not the existing EO one because the EO was forward looking), but that would be super unpopular since it’s basically a huge rug pull and I’m skeptical they would do it.
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