Putting TRAC to Work
  Policy and Public Interest Groups
Migration Policy Institute
June 24, 2026

From Last Resort to Intimidating Enforcement Tool: Denaturalization in the Trump Era
By Muzaffar Chishti and Colleen Putzel-Kavanaugh


Denaturalization cases averaged just 11 filings per year from 1990 to 2017, and fewer than 150 people were denaturalized in total between 1967 and 2017, after which the U.S. Supreme Court sharply curtailed the practice.....[citing TRAC data and report]


Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
Copyright 2026
TRAC TRAC at Work TRAC TRAC at Work News Organizations News Organizations