Should an Naturalized immigrant have their citizenship revoked if they commit a major crime?

Question

By a Naturalized Immigrant I mean a Legal Immigrant that has taken the Oath & become a citizen.
By a major crime I mean a crime for which they have been sent to prison by a Court of Law

Once they have finished their prison time should their citizenship be revoked & then should they be deported? Should that be made part of the sentence?

Answer 1

Absolutely.

Involuntarily Losing Your US Citizenship (Denaturalization)

1. Convicted For An Act Of Treason Against The United States
2. Holding A Policy Level Position In A Foreign Country
3. Serving In Your Native Country’s Armed Forces If That Country Is Engaged In Hostilities Or At War With The United States
4. Serving In Your Native Country’s Armed Forces As An Officer Or A on-Commissioned Officer
5. Lying To The USCIS During The Naturalization Process
6. Refusal To Testify Before Congress About Your Subversive Activities

Answer 2

A naturalized citizen? No - because that person has gone through the process of becoming a citizen of the United States.

I think that people visiting, immigrants (who are not yet naturalized - or citizens), and definitely illegal immigrants - should be deported or forced to leave the country.

However, a naturalized citizen is really no different than a natural born citizen (yes, they are different - but legally, they are both "full fledged" citizens with the same rights) - so no, they shouldn't be deported if they commit a major crime.

Answer 3

Once you are a naturalized citizen, it's like you were born here. There's no such thing as a naturalized immigrant, only naturalized citizens who were immigrants once upon a time.

And no, they should not have their citizenship revoked. When you take that oath, the US becomes your home, just as if you had been born on US soil. You wouldn't take away citizenship from someone born here, so why take it away from someone who has earned it the hard way?

Answer 4

Everybody's giving their opinions and guesses, but here is the law:

"The Immigration and Naturalization Service has authority to institute either administrative or judicial proceedings to denaturalize citizens whose criminal convictions disqualified them from citizenship as a matter of law."

However, that conviction has to have come from a crime committed prior to naturalization that, had it been know, would have barred the applicant from being naturalized in the first place.

For example, the best-know denaturalization case in the US was that of John Demjanjuk who lost his citizenship after being accused of having been a Nazi war criminal during World War II. His story makes interesting reading, so I've included it below.

Once a person is naturalized, though, they cannot be denaturalized due to "ordinary" crimes. Just tossed in jail like the rest of us.

Answer 5

If an immigrant is naturalized, then he is as much an American as you are.
Therefore the same laws should apply to you and him.
If an American born citizen commits a crime, does he have his citizenship revoked ?
Can't have double standards. There is no such thing as first class and coach class Americans.

Answer 6

They are Americans and as Americans they have the right against unjust prosecution.If every one that committed a major crime had their citizenship revoked it would be unjust prosecution.Although I do think that any one should have their citizenship revoked including Americans by birth if they commit treason or treasonous acts against their own country.And felons don't lose their rights to vote unilaterally ,some states allow them to vote as long as they aren't in prison.

Answer 7

what is a naturalized immigrant? Do you mean a legal immigrant or a national citizen? If you are born to that country and it's the only one you have belonged to then they can not take that away from you. Because where else would you go? If you are a immigrant then yes!

Answer 8

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Answer 9

All citizens should have their citizenship revoked if they commit a major crime and than be sent to Canada.

Answer 10

No more or less than any other American. But criminals should and do lose their rights to vote etc. But No, they should not be deported if they are at the time of their conviction a American Citizen.