Allow the Secretary of Homeland Security to strip citizenship from any naturalized person who joins a riot, commits violent or destructive protests, or tries to overthrow or disrupt America’s constitutional order.

Tom Cotton · Arkansas · Republican

policy impact 5.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 98%

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Allow the Secretary of Homeland Security to strip citizenship from any naturalized person who joins a riot, commits violent or destructive protests, or tries to overthrow or disrupt America’s constitutional order.

Cotton promises that his bill will authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to revoke the citizenship of any naturalized person who engages in certain violent or anti-government activities.

Cotton Introduces Bill to Put American Citizens First
primary · other · model gpt-4.1

Evidence

The American Citizens First Act would "Allow the Secretary of Homeland Security to strip citizenship from any naturalized person who joins a riot, commits violent or destructive protests, or tries to overthrow or disrupt America’s constitutional order."

Official Senate release stating the proposal and its citizenship-stripping provision. This establishes the commitment, but it does not show enactment or implementation.

unresolved unknown A for effort

Cotton Introduces Bill to Put American Citizens First
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

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The Trump administration is intensifying efforts to pursue denaturalization cases, and the Justice Department has identified 384 naturalized citizens as targets and plans to begin legal action soon.

Recent reporting shows the administration is expanding denaturalization enforcement, which is directionally related to Cotton’s proposal, but it is not evidence that Cotton’s specific DHS-citizenship-stripping measure was enacted.

unresolved unknown A for effort

Trump administration pushes DoJ to pursue denaturalization cases - report
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 64%

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Assessments

unresolved unknown A for effort

Cotton introduced the American Citizens First Act, S.3318, in the 119th Congress on December 3, 2025, and the bill contains the promised DHS denaturalization authority for naturalized citizens tied to riots, violent or destructive protest activity, or efforts to disrupt constitutional order. Congress.gov shows the bill was only introduced and referred to the Senate Finance Committee, with no passage or enactment. Related Trump administration denaturalization activity uses existing DOJ processes and does not show Cotton's specific DHS citizenship-stripping proposal becoming law or being implemented. Because Cotton materially attempted the policy but the promised legal authority has not been delivered and the current Congress is still ongoing, the status remains unresolved rather than delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%