GOP Rep Says New Bill Could Lead To Mamdani’s Deportation

Ogles also proposed creating a faster process for revoking citizenship from naturalized Americans who obtained it fraudulently.

“So, we streamline the process,” he said.

“If you’re committing crimes, if you’ve been here in the last 10 years, you’ve committed a felony fraud, we’re going to kick you out, and we move it from the DOJ to the naturalization immigration agency that handles this so they can expedite it.”

“It becomes an administrative process versus a criminal. And that’s how you do large numbers quickly.”

Under current federal law, denaturalization cases are generally handled through civil proceedings in federal court, with the Department of Justice required to prove that citizenship was obtained illegally or through material misrepresentation.

A judge—not an administrative agency—ultimately decides whether citizenship should be revoked.