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According to a new report published on June 17 by the immigration-related data tracker Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), the Trump administration drastically increased the number of denaturalisation complaints it filed in May and June, seeking to revoke the US citizenship of certain foreign-born individuals.
Comparing recent figures and the frequency of old cases, the report indicated that while historically the federal government raised an average of less than one denaturalisation civil lawsuit per month (0.6), at least 15 denaturalisation complaints were filed in May 2026. Thereafter, 18 were filed in the first part of June 2026.
Upon tracing the details of the individual denaturalisation cases filed recently, one finds through the DOJ’s press releases and online searches that the underlying basis of the complaints was a diverse array of criminal convictions. According to TRAC, immigration fraud, especially false identity, emerged as the largest single underlying basis for such complaints historically, just as it did for May and June 2026.
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