denaturalization

plural denaturalizations · alternative UK denaturalisation

1. countableuncountableThe act or process of denaturalizing, of changing or destroying the quality (nature) of a thing.

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   In each feature of this sovereign friendship (exception, improbable and random unicity, metapolitical transcendence, disproportion, infinite dissymmetry, denaturalization, etc.), it might be tempting to recognize a rupture with Greek philía – a testamentary rupture, as some would hasten to conclude, a palaeo- or neo-testamentary rupture.

   1997, “He Who Accompanies Me”, in George Collins, transl., The Politics of Friendship, London; New York, N.Y.: Verso, translation of Politiques de l’amitié by Jacques Derrida, published 2005, →ISBN, page 185

2. countableuncountableThe involuntary removal of citizenship by a country

   Still, denaturalizations are rare and can only occur in federal court. The Justice Department has filed 228 civil denaturalization cases since 2008, according to a DOJ official. Of the 228 cases, 94 were filed over roughly the last three years, indicating a recent jump in filings, the official said.

   2020 February 26, Priscilla Alvarez, “Justice Department creates section dedicated to denaturalization cases”, in CNN

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   The Justice Department has long pursued denaturalization on the basis of fraud. A 2016 Homeland Security Department Inspector General report found that at least 858 people had been given US citizenship despite having been deported under a different identity, because their fingerprints had not been in the system.

   2018 June 13, Tal Kopan, “Trump admin creates new office to investigate citizenship fraud”, in CNN