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US temporarily moving immigration lawyers to DOJ to speed up citizenship crackdown, Axios reports

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) building in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 28, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
The Department of Justice (DOJ) building in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 28, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard Nathan Howard Reuters

The Trump administration is temporarily moving immigration lawyers to the Justice Department to speed up efforts to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans, Axios reported on Friday.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

(Reporting by Angela Christy in BengaluruEditing by Tomasz Janowski)

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This story was originally published May 22, 2026 at 2:34 AM.

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