<p>The Justice Department is pushing to strip several terror suspects of their American citizenship as part of a massive denaturalization effort.</p>
<p>In recent months, the Trump administration has kicked off a campaign to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-opens-door-to-yanking-citizenship-as-part-of-war-on-fraud" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denaturalize</a> foreign-born United States citizens, securing 15 denaturalization orders as of April. In total, the Department of Justice has filed 35 denaturalization complaints.</p>
<p>By comparison, the federal government secured 54 denaturalizations under the Biden administration, the DOJ said.</p>
<p>This week alone, the Trump administration filed denaturalization cases against 12 individuals, some of whom are accused of terror ties.</p>
<p>Among them is Somali-born Salah Osman Ahmed, 43, who &#8220;began providing material support&#8221; to the terrorist group al-Shabaab just months after he became an American citizen in 2007, according to the Justice Department.</p>
<p>At one point, Ahmed flew to Somalia to join the U.S.-designated terrorist organization and &#8220;fight and kill Ethiopians,&#8221; the department said. He pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists in 2009.</p>
<p>Under federal law, individuals can be denaturalized if they join a terrorist organization within five years of becoming a citizen. Authorities may also pursue denaturalization in cases where citizenship was obtained through fraud or misrepresentation.</p>
<p>Another case involves Khalid Ouazzani, 48, who prosecutors say &#8220;was planning—with two men later convicted of trying to bomb the New York Stock Exchange—ways to support Al-Qaeda&#8221; as early as 2003, roughly three years before he became a naturalized U.S. citizen. The Trump administration is now pursuing a denaturalization case against him.</p>
<p>In 2007, one year after obtaining his citizenship, the Morocco-born man allegedly &#8220;sent Al-Qaeda tens of thousands of dollars in financial support with money that he had fraudulently obtained.&#8221;</p>
<p>The next year, &#8220;he took an oath of allegiance&#8221; to the terror group. Ouazzani pleaded guilty to bank fraud, money laundering, and providing material support to Al-Qaeda in 2010.</p>
<p>Ali Yousif Ahmed, 48, an Iraqi national, is also facing denaturalization. He came to the United States in 2009, claiming he and his family were attacked by Al-Qaeda, according to the Justice Department. The Iraqi government contacted the federal government in 2019, requesting that Ahmed be extradited to face criminal charges for the premeditated murder of two Iraqi police officers in 2006.</p>
<p>Ahmed was accused of murdering the officers while serving as an Al-Qaeda leader.</p>
<p>The Justice Department accused Ahmed of &#8220;illegally&#8221; obtaining American citizenship by lying &#8220;under oath about his criminal and family history.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Trump administration&#8217;s latest crackdown commenced as part of President Donald Trump’s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-opens-door-to-yanking-citizenship-as-part-of-war-on-fraud" target="_blank" rel="noopener">war on fraud</a>,” with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) “prioritizing those who’ve unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship — especially under the previous administration” for denaturalization.</p>
<p>The Trump administration gave USCIS orders to pursue “100-200 denaturalization cases per month,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-immigration-citizenship-denaturalization.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Times.</p>

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